My 2nd story rejected.

[Buckeyeguy95]

Buckeyeguy95 here. My first story went through without a problem. Next 2 rejected. Unclear why.
I've requested vol. editors but no response.
I've reviewed my stories, no significant errors, so why not accepted?
I would appreciate help. Please make answers easy to understand and follow. Thank you.

 

[StillStunned]

The rejection notices should tell you what the problem is: underage content, for instance, or suspected use of AI.

Above a very basic level of competence (which shouldn't be a problem, to judge by a quick glance at your first story), having an editor review your story won't make the difference between your story being accepted or rejected.

 

[onehitwanda]

The rejection will cite the reason that the story was rejected. The reason will usually be the rule (or rules) your submission violated. From there the remedial steps are usually quite clear.

 

[SimonDoom]

We can't give you advice unless you give us all the information about the story and the rejection. You should have received an explanation for the rejection.

Over a hundred stories are submitted per day, so mistakes will happen. If you believe they rejected the story by mistake, then resubmit it with a response, and/or send a message to Laurel. I have done this twice when my stories were rejected and it fixed the problem both times.

The most common reasons stories are rejected are a) the content violates the content rules (underage, etc.), and b) the story does not meet the form standards (too many misspellings, bad grammar, etc.). If the problem is of this type then you can edit and improve the story and resubmit it.

 

[ronde]

I've had a few stories rejected and the reason is always stated in the "Moderator" text. It appears to me as if there are certain words or wording that trigger a rejection.

For example, I had a story rejected because it was set in the Ukraine prior to the Russian invasion. The story was not about the politics of either side, but the story was rejected for promoting a political view. I think it was the two words - Ukraine and Russia - that caused the rejection. I rewrote the exact same story but set in a Cold War Germany and it went through with no problems.

It seems to me as if the words - teen or teen age or high school - in the context of anything sexual will result in a rejection. Adding an age of eighteen or over will fix that.

Also check the story preview for how the story looks. I had one story where for some reason my word processor added some spaces between words. When Literotica formatted the story those extra spaces looked like line breaks and resulted in a bunch of paragraphs that didn't make sense.

 

[TheLobster]

For example, I had a story rejected because it was set in the Ukraine prior to the Russian invasion. The story was not about the politics of either side, but the story was rejected for promoting a political view. I think it was the two words - Ukraine and Russia - that caused the rejection.

Wow, that is incredibly stringent.

It's also quite useful information to me personally, since I've sketching a story that could be loosely described as "(political) enemies to lovers". The exact circumstances would be fictional, of course, with names and events altered to detach them from reality and, quite frankly, make them more believable than the real thing they refer to.

But the reference is intended to be very obvious to the contemporary reader, and the politics involved are basically inextricable from the plot. Your experience makes me think I'd need to wait at least a few years (decades? ) before publishing it here, or perhaps even find a different medium for it entirely.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Wow, that is incredibly stringent.

It's also quite useful information to me personally, since I've sketching a story that could be loosely described as "(political) enemies to lovers". The exact circumstances would be fictional, of course, with names and events altered to detach them from reality and, quite frankly, make them more believable than the real thing they refer to.

But the reference is intended to be very obvious to the contemporary reader, and the politics involved are basically inextricable from the plot. Your experience makes me think I'd need to wait at least a few years (decades? ) before publishing it here, or perhaps even find a different medium for it entirely.

How much piling-on may be expected from readers is probably also a factor. I suspect a tale of seduction from the Dems to the Repubs, or vice versa, would be much more likely to be rejected for 'politics' than a similar one in any other country (maybe not Russia or China), ditto any other war.

I wrote a very political story for Crime and Punishment a couple years ago, but carefully didn't mention which UK political party was in power, despite snarking about trying to find a PM with a longer shelf-life than a lettuce, and then decided to set it 5 years in the future, just to make totally clear that any ministers or judges mentioned were totally fictional, honest.

I'd lay money that OP has a formatting problem or the grammar checker results were too much like AI output. But without knowing the reason in the rejection, we can't help.

 

[StillStunned]

carefully didn't mention which UK political party was in power,

That worked surprisingly well for Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister.

 

[ronde]

How much piling-on may be expected from readers is probably also a factor. I suspect a tale of seduction from the Dems to the Repubs, or vice versa, would be much more likely to be rejected for 'politics' than a similar one in any other country (maybe not Russia or China), ditto any other war.

I wrote a very political story for Crime and Punishment a couple years ago, but carefully didn't mention which UK political party was in power, despite snarking about trying to find a PM with a longer shelf-life than a lettuce, and then decided to set it 5 years in the future, just to make totally clear that any ministers or judges mentioned were totally fictional, honest.

I'd lay money that OP has a formatting problem or the grammar checker results were too much like AI output. But without knowing the reason in the rejection, we can't help.

I think the trigger words involve any country in which the US has some kind of current involvement. Almost any mention of one of those countries would probably result in the "piling on" of which you speak. I can understand that. It's why the Politics board exists on the forum. We don't need a bunch of that stuff in story comments.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

That worked surprisingly well for Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister.

You might think that; I couldn't possibly comment...

 

[gunhilltrain]

Wow, that is incredibly stringent.

It's also quite useful information to me personally, since I've sketching a story that could be loosely described as "(political) enemies to lovers". The exact circumstances would be fictional, of course, with names and events altered to detach them from reality and, quite frankly, make them more believable than the real thing they refer to.

But the reference is intended to be very obvious to the contemporary reader, and the politics involved are basically inextricable from the plot. Your experience makes me think I'd need to wait at least a few years (decades? ) before publishing it here, or perhaps even find a different medium for it entirely.

You have to dig for it, but here are the content guidelines.

https://www.literotica.com/resources/content-guidelines

This one seems to be the problem but it's not clear where the boundaries are.

• Works that promote or focus heavily on politics or religion, or political or religious figures. Lit readers are bombarded with political disputes on other platforms and they prefer to avoid these types of divisive issues in their erotica.

So the site is telling us what Lit readers "prefer to avoid." I don't know exactly when something crosses over from "current events" to history. I did a story about the American Civil War (actually a movie crew filming an event in it) and that went through. I guess issues involving slavery, states' rights, and all that are settled, although some Neo-Confederates would disagree. The funny thing is that the main character, a Southerner herself, explicitly criticizes Neo-Confederates.

 

[ElectricBlue]

You have to dig for it, but here are the content guidelines.

https://www.literotica.com/resources/content-guidelines

This one seems to be the problem but it's not clear where the boundaries are.

• Works that promote or focus heavily on politics or religion, or political or religious figures. Lit readers are bombarded with political disputes on other platforms and they prefer to avoid these types of divisive issues in their erotica.

The OP hasn't said anything about their story content, nor have they said what their rejection reason is. This is tangential, like one of your photographs .

 

[MillieDynamite]

Is this another post and run?

 

[gunhilltrain]

The OP hasn't said anything about their story content, nor have they said what their rejection reason is. This is tangential, like one of your photographs .

That's true. I was responding to Ronde and TheLobster and the comments they were making about politics and stories. Ronde was the only one who explicitly stated he had a story rejected for that reason.

Well, I'm trying to rein in those photos, but other people do the same thing and I can't always control myself. Five ladder trucks on one block is impressive.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Five ladder trucks on one block is impressive.

True enough!

 

[gunhilltrain]

Is this another post and run?

Oh yeah, @Buckeyeguy95. He's only had three posts since August.

 

[TheRedChamber]

For example, I had a story rejected because it was set in the Ukraine prior to the Russian invasion. The story was not about the politics of either side, but the story was rejected for promoting a political view. I think it was the two words - Ukraine and Russia - that caused the rejection. I rewrote the exact same story but set in a Cold War Germany and it went through with no problems.

@THBGato had a story published last year for the Heroism event set in the Ukraine-Russian war. (I went back to check that it wasn't just implication on my part, but no, Ukraine is explicitly mentioned) It may be double or carelessly enforced standards or that THBGato didn't explicitly go into the politics of the situation (I think 'war is bad' was so soaked into the bones of that piece that it didn't actually stop to spell it out)

 

[Buckeyeguy95]

Going back over it today I couldn't find their explanation of rejection. But I think it has something to do with the format I copied and posted it with. It was still unclear. Thanks for your help.

 

[Katie_Mae]

Going back over it today I couldn't find their explanation of rejection. But I think it has something to do with the format I copied and posted it with. It was still unclear. Thanks for your help.

You need to click into the story. Click the story title in your sent back folder and then on that page there will be a note, usually in the form of a question, which will indicate what rule they think you have broken.

 

[Buckeyeguy95]

Thanks for the responses. Is there a way for someone to view my story in the format that shows the rejection?
Maybe forward it?
Thanks.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Screen cap the rejection notes.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Going back over it today I couldn't find their explanation of rejection. But I think it has something to do with the format I copied and posted it with. It was still unclear. Thanks for your help.

Tell us exactly what the rejection notice says, and we should be able to help you.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Going back over it today I couldn't find their explanation of rejection. But I think it has something to do with the format I copied and posted it with. It was still unclear. Thanks for your help.

Is it Doc or Docx? What processor do you write with?

 

[Kumquatqueen]

If there's a problem with formatting, I recommend copy and pasting the whole story (Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, then ctrl-v to paste) into the text box on the Lit submissions page, then you can Preview and check it all looks OK. Works fine for at least 50k words.

For an unknown reason, I never got posting documents to work, but it's actually easier to paste the contents than to close my doc and link to it, and it means you get the preview so can see if you've forgotten to stop your italics, or similar.