Story series

[MaxNichts7]

I recently posted a six part series of which three chapters have been published. But the Moderator has not listed proceeding or following chapters at the end of each story segment.
Do I have any recourse for that?
Although each part is titled “chapter one”, chapter two” etc., the readers are almost certain to be confused without being guided to the rest of the story.
I realize now that I should have published this as a novella because it exceeds 30,000 words and I would’ve avoided this confusion.
Does anyone have any advice?

 

[MaxNichts7]

“ preceding” not “ proceding.” Uggh, spell chevk

 

[TheWritingGroup]

It's a good idea to link to the stories when you ask a question like that. It makes it easier for anyone trying to help you.

If you mean the "Abuse by the Muse" series, only two parts are published, according to your "Works" page. And yeah, they should be automatically grouped into a series, but that process is not instantaneous. Part 2 was only published yesterday (as I write this). Give the server time to "notice" the similar titles.

You could create a manual series, but it takes a while (days, sometimes weeks) for a manual series to be approved once you submit it.

FAQ is here: https://www.literotica.com/faq/series/series-automatic-manual

 

[Writer61]

You could create a manual series, but it takes a while (days, sometimes weeks) for a manual series to be approved once you submit it.

I get around the delay by submitting the Series before any of the Works. The Series won't appear until the first Work is published.

The advantage of a manual series is that the component works do not need to have similar titles.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I get around the delay by submitting the Series before any of the Works. The Series won't appear until the first Work is published.

The advantage of a manual series is that the component works do not need to have similar titles.

I have never found the need to do this.

I always publish the first story in a series before creating the series, largely because I am not going to commit to it being a series until I am inspired to write the next episode.

Keep in mind that I am a literary purist in many ways. I don't consider chapter stories as a real "series". They are pieces of a larger whole.

An episode within a series stands on its own.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

I get around the delay by submitting the Series before any of the Works. The Series won't appear until the first Work is published.

The advantage of a manual series is that the component works do not need to have similar titles.

I do the same, but it's too late for @MaxNichts7 to do that, two or three of the components are already published.

 

[Writer61]

I do the same, but it's too late for @MaxNichts7 to do that, two or three of the components are already published.

I know, but for the future ...

 

[Writer61]

I have never found the need to do this.

I always publish the first story in a series before creating the series, largely because I am not going to commit to it being a series until I am inspired to write the next episode.

Keep in mind that I am a literary purist in many ways. I don't consider chapter stories as a real "series". They are pieces of a larger whole.

An episode within a series stands on its own.

I write episodes, so it works for me.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I write episodes, so it works for me.

I can see it working if you have a series of episodes already planned when you begin.

 

[Writer61]

I can see it working if you have a series of episodes already planned when you begin.

It doesn't matter whether you do or not. Should you decide, after writing the first, that it is better as a standalone, then simply remove it from the series.

The bigger question is whether you should complete all (or enough) of the series before publishing the first.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

It doesn't matter whether you do or not. Should you decide, after writing the first, that it is better as a standalone, then simply remove it from the series.

The bigger question is whether you should complete all (or enough) of the series before publishing the first.

I don't view completion of a series as a factor as long as it is an episodic series as discussed and not chapters called episodes that rely upon one another for standing.

I published my first episode in the Before They Were Stars series almost six years ago. There were three additional episodes published that same year, and then nothing new for two years. Then a break of two more years for another, and the latest episode published earlier this month.

Is the series finished? Maybe, maybe not, but that doesn't matter where each of the existing episodes is concerned.

My Uncle Sugar Daddy series hasn't had anything added since 2022 and may never see anything new. It makes no difference to the completeness of each episode already published.