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[sinnndy]

With Covid-19 with us, I have found some time to edit my older stories. God I really sucked at writing. Still not great, but... Was wondering if there was a way to edit my stories without losing the past voting history. I have a lot of video of my past exploits and have added to some of the stories. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
sinnndy

 

[RejectReality]

Here's the editing method for Lit.

• Take note of the url of your story/chapter. That's the address appearing in the address bar of your browser when you view the first page of your story. You really only need the last part after the /s/ that represents your title.
• Start a new submission.
• Use the same title as the original ( or as much as will fit ) plus something such as *EDIT*
• Fill in the same category, then fill description and keywords with placeholders, as they don't matter. ( Unless one of these things are what you're editing )
• If editing the story text, paste/upload the new text in the "story text" section. You need to upload the whole story/chapter, not just the edited sections. If editing anything else, copy the "notes" section detailed below in order to fill this section.
• In the "notes" section, say what you are editing. If story text, then put that. If title, then put the requested NEW title here. You can fill in edited descriptions/keywords/category above, but you'll still want to list any such changes here. It's a good idea to list the url that I mentioned in step 1. This is unique to every story/chapter, and can help eliminate the potential for human error. As mentioned above, if you are editing something other than the story text, copy what you put in the notes section to the "story text" as well. This is simply because there must be something in that section for you to submit.
• Click "Review", then "Submit"

Edits have a lower priority than new stories, and may take longer to process.

Edits will not appear on the public side immediately. Wait at least 24 hours after the "edited" submission vanishes from your private author list or from the "pending" folder before worrying that your changes haven't been applied. Changes may not all appear at the same time, either. Page 1 may change, while page 2 will remain the same until an hour or so later. Be patient as the system catches up.

If you edit the story in this manner ( as opposed to deleting and re-submitting ) you'll retain your votes, views, comments, etc. The only thing that will be changed is what you say that you want changed. It will not appear on the New List again.

If you wish to delete a story, use much the same method, except put something such as *DELETE* in the title, and say that you want to delete the story in question in the "notes" section.

If you wish to delete all of your stories, an entire series, etc., then use the normal delete process, but explain in the "notes" section that you want to do a mass delete, and what type.

Convoluted, but it does work. It gets a little easier as you get used to it.

 

[Emirus]

With Covid-19 with us, I have found some time to edit my older stories. God I really sucked at writing. Still not great, but... Was wondering if there was a way to edit my stories without losing the past voting history. I have a lot of video of my past exploits and have added to some of the stories. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
sinnndy

Easy way. Change whatever you want in the story. Keep the title the same but add the word edit as in: My Fantastic Story - edit and submit as if it’s a new story. All your comments, votes and score remains unchanged. That’s all there is to it. It’s not complicated in any way.

 

[Geistermann]

Is it common that edited stories take longer than two weeks to process? Been waiting since 08/04/20 and it's still pending. Just curious about this, i understand that new stories have top priority.

 

[Diezi]

Is it common that edited stories take longer than two weeks to process? Been waiting since 08/04/20 and it's still pending. Just curious about this, i understand that new stories have top priority.

https://www.literotica.com/faq/05235347.shtml#05313767

Copied from linked page: "Edited stories take up to 48 hours to appear correctly on the site as the pages must be regenerated by the site scripts. If after 48 hours your submission edits are still not showing, please email us a link to the work in question."

 

[KeithD]

https://www.literotica.com/faq/05235347.shtml#05313767

Copied from linked page: "Edited stories take up to 48 hours to appear correctly on the site as the pages must be regenerated by the site scripts. If after 48 hours your submission edits are still not showing, please email us a link to the work in question."

Except don't try to e-mail Laurel or Manu. Reach them by Private Message (PM) instead. Those are their PM account names: Laurel; Manu.

 

[Geistermann]

https://www.literotica.com/faq/05235347.shtml#05313767

Copied from linked page: "Edited stories take up to 48 hours to appear correctly on the site as the pages must be regenerated by the site scripts. If after 48 hours your submission edits are still not showing, please email us a link to the work in question."

I understood it in a way, that it takes 48 additional hours after being approved.

No, it's not. Are you sure it's 'Pending', and not 'Draft'? Check, for example, this thread with a similar question

I checked again, it definitely says pending.

Except don't try to e-mail Laurel or Manu. Reach them by Private Message (PM) instead. Those are their PM account names: Laurel; Manu.

Thank you, i will try that.

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

Is it common that edited stories take longer than two weeks to process? Been waiting since 08/04/20 and it's still pending. Just curious about this, i understand that new stories have top priority.

The last edit I posted took about 10 days. I had new stories I submitted days after the edit go live days before the edit.

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

https://www.literotica.com/faq/05235347.shtml#05313767

Copied from linked page: "Edited stories take up to 48 hours to appear correctly on the site as the pages must be regenerated by the site scripts. If after 48 hours your submission edits are still not showing, please email us a link to the work in question."

This is after the edit was approved. The approval process can take much longer than submitting a new story.

 

[Geistermann]

The last edit I posted took about 10 days. I had new stories I submitted days after the edit go live days before the edit.

Good to know it can take long. I will wait a few more days and hope the new story that i submitted yesterday is processed faster.

 

[sinnndy]

Thanks

Thanks to all who replied to me, I appreciate it. I really don't care if it takes a while, I mean it took me 16-17 years to post a new story.

sinnndy