Editing advice - anyone?!

[TheAlphabetGirl]

Hello

So I’ve made a mistake in the way I have published my first story. It is a series and should have been just one story really.

Has anyone ever folded a series back into a single story?!

Thanks for any tips! I think most of you lovely Forum pro’s will say forget the past and write something new!

But still curious if it has ever been done…

 

[CalBishForNow]

This is in reference to Tall, Young, & Well Hung, right? Personally, I wouldn't bother making any changes. Your scores and readership look fine. If you want more attention on a work you're proud of, then you could do sequels, but there might just be nothing you can do. It's just one of many, many stories on this site.

To answer the question if you really want to turn a series into a single work anyways, I think you have two options.

1. Delete it (instructions here, but I think these days it takes longer than indicated there, like all edits/changes to existing works) and then resubmit it as one new story (with the usual process and potential problems).
2. Leave the old series alone and submit a new story that's a merging of them. But it would have to be an at least partial rewrite in addition to merging them; Lit doesn't want multiple copies of the same story floating around ad infinitum. You'd probably want to publish it with a note to admin to address Laurel's/Manu's concerns, and add an author's note/foreword/afterword to the new story so that readers aren't confused or annoyed by it.

 

[TheAlphabetGirl]

Yes it is that story. Sorry I should have mentioned!

And the reason for my thought is silly really - Aesthetic. I wanted to the stories to line up alphabetically (hence my name). But originally the girls were going through the alphabet and now I wanted the lists to do the same! An each story to close

So minor really! Thanks for your advice on deleting - it something I think about often (have resisted though on kind advice of other authors). so good I have now this post if ever I have a moment!!