Story Edit Not Getting Published

[Nylonian]

My edit for my story 'Celine' has been in Pending since the 20th of June. I have made some corrections for typos and added an additional paragraph for flow. Please review and replace the old copy, mods.

 

[lilshymynx]

Story edits are low priority - they can often take 3 weeks or more to be applied.

 

[ElectricBlue]

My edit for my story 'Celine' has been in Pending since the 20th of June. I have made some corrections for typos and added an additional paragraph for flow. Please review and replace the old copy, mods.

Every time you pull it back and resubmit, you start the clock again.

Edits are low priority: 2 - 3 weeks or longer. Patience is needed .

 

[TheWritingGroup]

My edit for my story 'Celine' has been in Pending since the 20th of June. I have made some corrections for typos and added an additional paragraph for flow. Please review and replace the old copy, mods.

In addition to what everyone else said: the moderators of the forum have nothing to do with story editing. They're volunteers. Only Laurel, the owner, can do story-related things like publish your edited version.

--Rocco

 

[LikeIHaveTimeForThis]

New author here. Is it true that edits can take that 2-3 weeks to post? Curious why...because you need to link it to an existing story (so as not to lose likes, comments, views, etc)?

 

[TheWritingGroup]

The real answer is: "We don't know." The site owner, Laurel, has not explained. Best guess: she is busy, and edits are her lowest priority. One of mine took over a month to post.

--Annie

 

[lilshymynx]

New author here. Is it true that edits can take that 2-3 weeks to post? Curious why...because you need to link it to an existing story (so as not to lose likes, comments, views, etc)?

Maintaining story stats is part of it, but also any edits have to go through the same approval process as a new story. The site prioritizes new works, so edits are at the bottom of the list.

 

[Nylonian]

That makes sense. Thanks all for confirming and for making the estimated/historic time consumption known. I guess the best policy now is to exercise patience and to write more stories. Haha.

 

[Nylonian]

Every time you pull it back and resubmit, you start the clock again.

Edits are low priority: 2 - 3 weeks or longer. Patience is needed .

Ah yes. I haven't pulled it back to resubmit. The edit submission was put in on June 20 and I haven't touched it since. Fingers crossed. In the interim, I'll work on new stories.

 

[Nylonian]

In addition to what everyone else said: the moderators of the forum have nothing to do with story editing. They're volunteers. Only Laurel, the owner, can do story-related things like publish your edited version.

--Rocco

Mmm, extra due diligence in editing first submissions will have to be the utmost priority in order to avoid having edits be submitted in the future. I understand that it's a thankless task and there aren't that many people with the authority to review and replace submissions.