Pending Submissions

[Limbhugger]

Quick question. When a story is pending, I notice it gets a few reads before going to the board. Seems like they get six or seven views.

Who are these mysterious viewers exactly? Is there a group of "reviewers" for submissions? I assume there is and that they scan the stories for unacceptable content. Do a certain number of these folks have to "sign off" before the story goes to the board?

Just a curiosity thing is all.

Hugger

 

[A7inchPhildo]

Copied the answer right off the "frequently asked questions." you can find that on the story page.

Why does my story have views when it's still listed as pending?

Whenever you (the author) or the Literotica editors open a submission form, it registers as a view on your view counter. If you check your story or poem 5 times, you may notice that it shows it being viewed 5 times in your author profile. This does not mean it's being read by readers. The story will only be publicly available once it has been "Approved".

 

[Limbhugger]

Thanks 7inch,

Guess I did both a poor job of researching my own question and of phrasing it.

What I meant was, is there a set group of people who review the stories? Or is it just drawn from the pool of editors?

 

[A7inchPhildo]

There are editors you can use to help with your story. A list of them can be found out front as well. http://www.literotica.com:81/editors/editors.php
You contact one and ask for help. This is to be done before submitting the story.

This is not the same people who view the stories to give it the stamp of approval to be posted. Basically after you press send and the story is off. It goes into a list each story is picked by the time it arrived. If you choose to edit something and resubmit it goes back to the end of the list. Kind of like going to the meat counter you pick a number and wait your turn if you leave, you start over.

To clarify your question yes it is a set group of people who decide if the story is worthy or not and if not why. They do not scatter stories out to the volunteer editors at Lit.

 

[Quasimodem]

A group of Elves, formerly in the employ of Keebler, who have been downsized due to automation, is currently employed through the kind offices of Laurel, and the investors of Literotica.com.

It is a terrible sight to see an Elf who has been downsized!

Utilizing their previous experience in cookie assembly, these former Keebler Elves bring their experience to bear at Literotica. In that capacity their function is to insure the quality and purity of each story, while rejecting those which their experience tells them include low quality or impure ingredients, as well as any that appear to be still half-baked.

 

[Guest]

It is a terrible sight to see an Elf who has been downsized!

Quas, you crack me up like no one else on Lit., except maybe Svenska.

Perdita

 

[Weird Harold]

Is there a group of "reviewers" for submissions? I assume there is and that they scan the stories for unacceptable content. Do a certain number of these folks have to "sign off" before the story goes to the board?

The "Reviewing Committee" for Literotica consists of Laurel, the Webmistress, and only Laurel.

Manu, the Webmaster, has the ability to approve stories, but limits his participation to the technical side of things.

Those two, and the author are the only ones who can view pending stories, unless they've made some unannounced changes in the last year or so.

 

[Scheherezade]

I have also noticed up to 6/7 reads of my submissions, before they are approved. And I have not entered the submission page to review the story, so it isn't me bumping the count...unless, simply looking at the "list" of submissions does it, and I doubt that.

So what gives?

 

[Gary Chambers]

There are thousands of stories here and they keep coming thick and fast. My guess is that Laurel does have a few displaced Keebler elves helping her out, but it's just a guess. The thing I find most curious about the editing system concerns the volunteer editors. Yesterday I needed a little help from an editor, so I went through the list expecting to find an editor who I sort of know from our conversations in the Hangout. I noticed only two editors whose names I recognised from here. Many editors seemed well qualified, but I was suprised to find that some of the most literate and talented people on this board do not offer any editing services. In the end one of the two editors with whom I am somewhat familiar took on my request, but I was surprised to see that certain names were not on the list. That's not a complaint, by the way, just an observation I found curious.

 

[MathGirl]

Ahem........

The TRUTH about the reviewer(s) and the review process is a closely held secret. There are a few of us who are privy* to the information, but it is too horrible to become public knowledge. Trust me on this; you don't want to know.
MG
* No, you idiot. Not that kind of privy.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Editing takes time. I used to do it, but now days when I feel the need to edit for someone, I cruise the boards and look for someone who needs the help. I'm not sure if you're even talking about me.


And yes, one woman does it. Night after night. No little keebler elves in the background. I think Manu did it once while she was away for something, but he didn't get much done.

As for the pending submissions thing. No clue here.

 

[Gary Chambers]

Editing takes time. I used to do it, but now days when I feel the need to edit for someone, I cruise the boards and look for someone who needs the help. I'm not sure if you're even talking about me.


And yes, one woman does it. Night after night. No little keebler elves in the background. I think Manu did it once while she was away for something, but he didn't get much done.

As for the pending submissions thing. No clue here.

I've been an editor for newspapers and magazines, so I thought about it, but decided I didn't have the time. You're right, Muffin. Copy editing can be time consuming and even more so if you add content editing into the picture, plus having to ponder legal matters with some stories. You're probably right that visiting the editor's board now and then to see if there are any projects you find interesting might be a better way to go.

It's amazing that Laurel does all that work. For a while I tried reading all new submissions to gain a familiarity with what is published here and who writes it, but even that took more time than I could spare. BTW, I just noticed that the machingun in my next story is described first as an M-80 and thereafter as an M-60. Guess I'd better go and fix it, which will delay publication a little. If not some former gunnery sergeant is bound to take me to task.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I have also noticed up to 6/7 reads of my submissions, before they are approved. And I have not entered the submission page to review the story, so it isn't me bumping the count...unless, simply looking at the "list" of submissions does it, and I doubt that.

So what gives?

I've been wondering about this too. I am now in the process of doing some editing. I have actually done this with six previously accepted stories. For the most part this is just correcting typos or making someminor changes. On one of them I want to change it from "Erotic Coupling" to "Anal" and change the description. On two others I want to change the description to one that I think will be more enticing to readers. All the changes that I want to make are minor but it has taken ten days so far and one of the revisions is listed as "Pending" and has 14 views. None of these has been looked at by me except that I see the listing on the submissions page.

 

[Gary Chambers]

I've been wondering about this too...one of the revisions is listed as "Pending" and has 14 views. None of these has been looked at by me except that I see the listing on the submissions page.

It could be anything. Perhaps Laurel has a habit of opening stories to glance at their submission dates before selecting the next one to read. Who knows? The only peculiarity I've seen like that was when I noticed a week or two ago that my voter count was increasing, along with my average voter rating, without any increase in the number of views. The views caught up later, however, so there was no cause for concern. I have enough work to do keeping my Mac in good running order, so I'm not about to make an issue of how the software at Literotica works. That's Manu's problem.

 

[Weird Harold]

one of the revisions is listed as "Pending" and has 14 views. None of these has been looked at by me except that I see the listing on the submissions page.

Did you use the notes field to detail what changes you've made, or does Laurel have to re-read the entire submission to figure them out for herself?

Laurel reads, or at least scans everything that gets posted here at Lit -- even revisions.

Laurel also tries to balance each days postings with a little of everything so that one author or one category doesn't dominate a day's postings. I imagine that process would require opening a story several times to refresh her memory before deciding that it fits in the day's mix of stories -- at least it would for me.

If I had Laurel's job, I'd also look at a story several times before rejecting it or accepting it if it was pushing the limits of Lit's rules.

The exact reasons why Laurel is looking at a story more than once is irrelevant though -- only the author and Laurel or Manu can increase the views count on a story that's "pending" because they're the only ones who have access to it.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Did you use the notes field to detail what changes you've made, or does Laurel have to re-read the entire submission to figure them out for herself?

Laurel reads, or at least scans everything that gets posted here at Lit -- even revisions.

Laurel also tries to balance each days postings with a little of everything so that one author or one category doesn't dominate a day's postings. I imagine that process would require opening a story several times to refresh her memory before deciding that it fits in the day's mix of stories -- at least it would for me.

If I had Laurel's job, I'd also look at a story several times before rejecting it or accepting it if it was pushing the limits of Lit's rules.

The exact reasons why Laurel is looking at a story more than once is irrelevant though -- only the author and Laurel or Manu can increase the views count on a story that's "pending" because they're the only ones who have access to it.

The changes I make in the stories are minor, correcting typos or revising the wording so it reads more smoothly. Someties I have changed toe descriptions to make them more inviting to readers and on one, I want to change it from "erotic couplings" to "anal" because I think it fits there better. I will also be adding a paragraph at the end of the stories I edit, or new stories I post, asking for feedback. I always describe the changes in the "notes" field.

All of my stories are strictly affectionate smut and never push any limits.

 

[Guest]

. . . All of my stories are strictly affectionate smut and never push any limits.

"Affectionate smut"

I like that!