How Long Does It Take to Get Approved For a Story

[rskinner9000]

Ok, I am new here and I was just wondering how long it took to get approved for a story, all of mine are still pending.

 

[oggbashan]

This is THE QUESTION that all newbies ask in the Author's Hangout.

We used to have MathGirl who would answer it. Now anyone can.

The reasonable answer is two or three days but longer if there is a themed contest in progress. The next themed contest is for Valentine's Day and it hasn't started yet.

The more likely answer is at least a day longer than the author thinks is too long.

Have you been looking at the text of your pending stories? If you have, that counts as an edit and the story goes back to the end of the queue again. If you keep doing that the answer would be "for ever".

The real answer is it depends on the direction of the wind off the Malibu coast and the height of the surf plus whether the sheep on a particular Welsh mountain are eating or lying down...

Og

 

[Weird Harold]

In addition to Oggs (not all that facetious answer) it takes longer for first submissions to be approved than it does for established authors.

Also If you submitted a flood of stories each additional story will take at least one additional day to be approved -- only one story/chapter each day will usually be posted to prevent any single author from dominating the New Stories list.

 

[keeblercrumb]

Ok, I am new here and I was just wondering how long it took to get approved for a story, all of mine are still pending.

But if you are posting to "Loving Wives".... believe me, you are better off if it never gets posted.

Good luck!

-KC

 

[glynndah]

Ok, I am new here and I was just wondering how long it took to get approved for a story, all of mine are still pending.

A welcome for the little newbie from the good little witch.

If you give us chocolates, we'll push you to the head of the line. Good ones, none of the picked over rejects rattling around in that box of cheap Christmas candy.

 

[TxRad]

Ok, I am new here and I was just wondering how long it took to get approved for a story, all of mine are still pending.

The FAQ says three days, figure six, and hope for less than ten.

Welcome to the rubber rooms by the way. Keep all fingers and toes inside ride at all times. The Trolls bite so don't feed the Trolls.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

A welcome for the little newbie from the good little witch.

If you give us chocolates, we'll push you to the head of the line. Good ones, none of the picked over rejects rattling around in that box of cheap Christmas candy.

Oh, Glynndah, you are just sooooo picky. Here you have a fresh young newbie to nibble on and you're quibbling.

But seriously now, rskinner, be sure to let us know when your story is posted and think about giving the Story Feedback Forum a try.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Anna_Malia75]

It took my first story (in December) six days to get approved. Welcome to Lit from a slightly older newb.

 

[sr71plt]

The reasonable answer is two or three days but longer if there is a themed contest in progress. The next themed contest is for Valentine's Day and it hasn't started yet.

The reason this question continues to get asked is that "two or three days" isn't the reasonable answer--and thus the FAQ statement that it is the reasonable answer begs the question.

The "reasonable" answer is that it's taken about a week on the average to go up for at least a very, very long time now--except that entries to contests can go up within a matter of hours. I think I can gauge the pattern pretty well, as I've submitted a story nearly every other day for a year and a half now.

There's no real problem in the reality of how long a story takes to go up--only in the claim of how long it takes when submitters read the FAQs as opposed to what they see happening in fact with their own stories. It's not at all unreasonable to be interested in getting your story posted here.

Someone truly new at doing this shouldn't be expected, I think, to zero in on the frequent (but not daily, by any means) posing of the question on the forum. It certainly isn't noble to be snarky to them when they ask.

 

[starrkers]

Actually the FAQ has been updated and now says "3-7 days", which is much closer to accurate, although there are still the occasional blow-out in really busy times.

 

[sr71plt]

Actually the FAQ has been updated and now says "3-7 days", which is much closer to accurate, although there are still the occasional blow-out in really busy times.

Ah, so. Thanks. How nice if that was plastered on the submissions pages.

I still think it's snarky/nasty to beat up on someone who is new and asks "the question" once. Helps give the forum a reputation of being a piranha pool.

(And I only mention that on this thread, because no one on this thread has been nasty about this--unlike several other threads on this subject.)

 

[starrkers]

Ah, so. Thanks. How nice if that was plastered on the submissions pages.

I still think it's snarky/nasty to beat up on someone who is new and asks "the question" once. Helps give the forum a reputation of being a piranha pool.

Having never given a snarky answer to that question, I fail to see why you append that to my post.
However I tend to agree, up to a point. The FAQ is there for all to see, if they can be bothered looking. And is now reasonably accurate. So why bother asking unless you've been waiting longer than a week?

 

[sr71plt]

Having never given a snarky answer to that question, I fail to see why you append that to my post.
However I tend to agree, up to a point. The FAQ is there for all to see, if they can be bothered looking. And is now reasonably accurate. So why bother asking unless you've been waiting longer than a week?

I was adding to my message when you wrote this one. I picked this thread to make this comment on exactly because the questioner wasn't being toyed with on this thread like they are on so many others--so, I didn't intend this as going after you or anyone else on this thread on this point. I apologize if you took it that way.

The FAQs on this Web site aren't really all that prominently displayed, lots of folks ask questions rather than reading the FAQs (it's a natural habit), and I don't think anyone asking any question about the site for the first time on this forum deserves being treated as snarkily as those who ask this question regularly are treated. So many do ask the question that it's fairly obviously it is a natural thing to do, I think.

 

[cloudy]

It certainly isn't noble to be snarky to them when they ask.

yes, yes...we're all horrible to newbies, and you're always a model of civility.



*yawn*

(psst: your recording is hung up again)

 

[starrkers]

I asked it, back when the FAQ said 1-3 days which was obviously wrong. I also noticed the Monthly contests weren't announced on time either.
But I seem to be a rarity - I read everything I could find on the main site before submitting my first story.

 

[sr71plt]

yes, yes...we're all horrible to newbies, and you're always a model of civility.



*yawn*

(psst: your recording is hung up again)

In comparison to you, I certainly am.

 

[cloudy]

In contrast to you, I certainly am.

I'm actually quite a nice person.

I just don't like you.

 

[sr71plt]

I read everything I could find on the main site before submitting my first story.

I thought I did too--but I only stumbled on the FAQs sometime later. But, then, I didn't ask "the question." So there you go (wherever that is).

 

[starrkers]

Oh crap - it's the cloudy and sr show - time to go
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/starrcats/smilies/door.gif

 

[sr71plt]

Oh crap - it's the cloudy and sr show - time to go
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/starrcats/smilies/door.gif

Naw, it couldn't be. Cloudy claims she has me on ignore.

Love the door slammer.

 

[ChilledVodkaIV]

A man walks in to a bar. A respectable man. Clean shaven, proper height, combed hair, nice watch. It's a respectable bar. The click and roll of pool balls and the *thunk* of darts piercing hogs hide emanate from the room next.

Sitting at the bar is a man nursing a half. He smiles in drinkers recognition. The respectable man smiles back.

Someone comes through a door opposite, still zipping his fly and suddenly shooting a glance round in embarrassment before he goes to join his girl, still waiting at the table.

The respectable man takes all this in at a glance and moves towards the expectant barman when a gale of laughter from a youngish group in the corner causes him to look over. He checks his flies. Pushes back his fringe and squares his shoulders and finds his own relief in the shape of a young man in the group making different shapes from his hat and applying indelicate syllables to each succeeding style.

As the afternoon grew thin the respectable man gave a cheerio to his nursing friend and a waved goodbye to the young laughter.

With his last order he enquired of the barman of the night life hereabouts, specifically here.

"Quiznight." said the barman wishing it could have been one syllable instead of two.

"Quiz night." said the respectable man. "Right."

Upon his return that evening the respectable man found all the afternoon drinkers, sportsmen, nurse and lovers who, a little worse for wear for the most part, bade him a very good evening and luck in the quiz.

With his first order the respectable man enquired of the youngster handling the pumps or the whereabouts of the earlier barman.

With a long and unstoppable explanation the youngster told the respectable man of the folly of tea-totallers owning a bar.

 

[cloudy]

Oh crap - it's the cloudy and sr show - time to go
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/starrcats/smilies/door.gif

No worries.

He's a one-trick pony. Boring.