how to combine several existing chapters into a single chapter?

[WildFantasyFx]

Let's say I have already multiple chapters in a completed story series and I was thinking of combining all the chapters into a single story and remove the "series" label.

How do I go about doing that?

Yes, I've seen the FAQ page saying that a writer can post "STORY EDIT" as the title of a new story to update an existing story.

But I'm not sure if that's the proper way to do it, or there's other ways.

Please veterans, do let me know, thanks!

 

[EmilyMiller]

I’ve done this.

First of all make sure you have all the text from every chapter saved into your consolidated version. Then double check.

You then request the site delete either all the existing chapters, or keep one and use that (renamed) to house the collated version.

I’d tend to go for deleting all the existing chapters as I’ve had examples where story edits to change the name don’t do that. But up to you. Also a new story will post quicker than a story edit, which might take many weeks.

Method 1: Post you consolidated work with its new title and add a comment in the note box saying it’s replacing Ch 01 - Ch 04 of XXXX.

Method 2: Post a story edit for the chapter you have chosen to house the consolidated text - and change the name to drop Ch 01 or whatever. Again add a note about the request to delete AND also reemphasizing the name change (fingers crosssed).

Caveats: All the views, ratings, favorites, and comments on the deleted chapters will be lost. Consider saving the comments maybe. Story deletion is not instantaneous. It may take a while. I’d post the new story / edited chapter before they are deleted so as to not lose more time.

Good luck