Ability to change title? (Fixing my first published work)

[monogamousecstasy]

My very first Work on Literotica was published today! (Yay!) I wrote it as a Series with 5 chapters. I didn’t know how it would be shown/listed as part of a Series.

Well, it turns out I didn’t title the chapter well to be read as a stand-alone Work (it was intended for a Series view).

The story is titled: “Nursing Him Back to Health” and the first work is titled “Chapter 1: Crisis”. So the Work title is really poor outside the context of the Series. Maybe the Series approach was the wrong idea in the first place?

It doesn’t appear that I can change the title of a published work once it’s published. Is that correct?

There are 4 more Works in the series that are yet-to-be-published as well. Should I just fix those before they get published?

Any advice?

 

[BobbyBrandt]

You can send a private message to Laurel and she can change the title for you.

She has done this a couple of times for me in the past when the system truncated my title.

 

[monogamousecstasy]

You can send a private message to Laurel and she can change the title for you.

She has done this a couple of times for me in the past when the system truncated my title.

Thanks so much!

 

[ElectricBlue]

There are 4 more Works in the series that are yet-to-be-published as well. Should I just fix those before they get published?

When will they be finished? How long are they?

It won't matter at all once they've all been published; but even so, your first title makes it obvious there will be more chapters. Get them written and published, problem solved.

 

[monogamousecstasy]

When will they be finished? How long are they?

It won't matter at all once they've all been published; but even so, your first title makes it obvious there will be more chapters. Get them written and published, problem solved.

They are all written, ready, and “pending”. They are also all roughly the same length.

I changed the titles of the unpublished ones to try and help with the issue and I requested a title change for the first.

Hoping they all get published soon!

Thanks for the insights.

 

[Britva415]

Possibly more reliable than just a PM to Laurel would be to use the system and submit the change as follows:

https://www.literotica.com/faq/publishing/change-published-work-title

 

[ElectricBlue]

They are all written, ready, and “pending”. They are also all roughly the same length.

I changed the titles of the unpublished ones to try and help with the issue and I requested a title change for the first.

Hoping they all get published soon!

Thanks for the insights.

I reckon you might have a few go-arounds before you get the Series titles right.

I'm surprised Laurel didn't reject that first chapter, with a note saying "Ain't going to work with that story title." The problem you've bumped into is a 35 character limit for the story name, which means a short title, then Ch.01, just by itself, then use the sub-title field to expand. You've done it the other way around.

The reason I asked about chapter length was: very often you don't need chapters at all, and a standalone story might run better. Your first chapter is only 2400 words, which suggests your complete story is maybe 12k - 15k words? That's an ideal length for a standalone story. They're very short chapters, less than one Lit page.

If it was me, I'd consolidate and publish it as a single story.

 

[monogamousecstasy]

The reason I asked about chapter length was: very often you don't need chapters at all, and a standalone story might run better. Your first chapter is only 2400 words, which suggests your complete story is maybe 12k - 15k words? That's an ideal length for a standalone story. They're very short chapters, less than one Lit page.

If it was me, I'd consolidate and publish it as a single story.

Thanks for the advice! Yes, that’s probably what I’ll do. I appreciate the help!

 

[monogamousecstasy]

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If it was me, I'd consolidate and publish it as a single story.

I've prepped the new, combined story for submission. I can't see a way to delete a published Work. Any tips?

 

[Gamblnluck]

My advice is to simply use the same title and follow with a number instead of more title. Lit has helped by sorting stories in chronological order of posting but it used to be people would write a series with titles like "Crisis in town- bethany raped." then the next will be Crisis in town-Amber to the rescue.

The stories would then be listed out of order and the author would have some statement this story goes after bethany so read that first..... confusing.

 

[Britva415]

I can't see a way to delete a published Work. Any tips?

https://www.literotica.com/faq/publishing/remove-published-work

 

[ElectricBlue]

I've prepped the new, combined story for submission. I can't see a way to delete a published Work. Any tips?

You can either Delete, or submit the whole thing as an Edit to what's already there, with a Note to the Editor explaining what you want to do. It'll take the same amount of time either way, because edits and deletes are low priority for the site.

The FAQs cover both alternatives.