My Story is Stuck in Drafts

[Smuttyandfun]

I've been trying to submit a Valentine's Day story for the last few hours, and it keeps going into Drafts. I've changed the title, and changed it back, and hit Publish, but it's still stuck in Drafts.
If anyone else has had this happen I'd love to know how to fix it. THX.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Do you get any message - like a field being blank, or some field turning red? It sounds kinda strange.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

I read it through and can't see any problem. I've re-submitted it a dozen times. I've changed the title several times and it's still stuck in Drafts.

 

[Katie_Mae]

I've been trying to submit a Valentine's Day story for the last few hours, and it keeps going into Drafts. I've changed the title, and changed it back, and hit Publish, but it's still stuck in Drafts.
If anyone else has had this happen I'd love to know how to fix it. THX.

I've had this issue before.

What worked for me was I (in this order)
- closed down all literotica tabs.
- Closed my internet browser.
- Restarted.
- Reopened the internet, went to the homepage for Lit and then navigated through to where my drafts were and submitted.

That fixed it.

I also tried clearing cache/cookies (first thing I did) and that did not work, however it may have contributed to what I did above working, if you know what I mean. So maybe try doing that too.

Closing the internet browser and reopening with 'restoring tabs' didn't work, I had to close each Lit tab first and then start afresh.

Good luck!

 

[Smuttyandfun]

I've had this issue before.

What worked for me was I (in this order)
- closed down all literotica tabs.
- Closed my internet browser.
- Restarted.
- Reopened the internet, went to the homepage for Lit and then navigated through to where my drafts were and submitted.

That fixed it.

I also tried clearing cache/cookies (first thing I did) and that did not work, however it may have contributed to what I did above working, if you know what I mean. So maybe try doing that too.

Closing the internet browser and reopening with 'restoring tabs' didn't work, I had to close each Lit tab first and then start afresh.

Good luck!

Thanks!

I'll give it a shot.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

I didn't work. Now I've got another story in Drafts. I've changed the title twice and changed it back again, shut down my computer, tried it again and it is still stuck in Drafts. This is my 225th story, and it's never happened before, so I'm not sure why I can't submit it.

 

[Britva415]

Are you able to try it from a different device, or using a different browser app, or using incognito mode (or whatever your browser calls it)?

 

[Smuttyandfun]

I have everything on my desk top. I've never had a problem before, so I'm not sure what's happening now. I've done everything I can think of, but it just won't go through. Every time I try again, it's just adds another draft.
I've cleared my browser history, restarted my computer several times, tried it again, and still nothing. I now have three different titles for this story, and they are all stuck in drafts. So frustrating. I also wrote and asked for help, but I don't expect to get an answer.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I have everything on my desk top. I've never had a problem before, so I'm not sure what's happening now. I've done everything I can think of, but it just won't go through. Every time I try again, it's just adds another draft.
I've cleared my browser history, restarted my computer several times, tried it again, and still nothing. I now have three different titles for this story, and they are all stuck in drafts. So frustrating. I also wrote and asked for help, but I don't expect to get an answer.

Sorry to hear - that sounds totally weird

 

[AwkwardMD]

I have everything on my desk top. I've never had a problem before, so I'm not sure what's happening now. I've done everything I can think of, but it just won't go through. Every time I try again, it's just adds another draft.
I've cleared my browser history, restarted my computer several times, tried it again, and still nothing. I now have three different titles for this story, and they are all stuck in drafts. So frustrating. I also wrote and asked for help, but I don't expect to get an answer.

Would you be able to take some screen shots? It might be helpful for us to see what you're seeing.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Sorry to hear - that sounds totally weird

It is weird. I've been at it for hours, and nothing seems to work. I'm tempted to write a one line story to see if I can submit that. It's just so frustrating.

 

[SmilingLez]

Are you running any browser extensions? If so disable them. Is there any kind of crazy formatting? Any invisible tags? Any invisible ms word stuff?

 

[Smuttyandfun]

I just tried it again, made sure everything looked right, hit publish and nothing happened it still stuck in drafts.

 

[Britva415]

Are you able to try it from a different device, or using a different browser app, or using incognito mode (or whatever your browser calls it)?

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Are you running any browser extensions? If so disable them. Is there any kind of crazy formatting? Any invisible tags? Any invisible ms word stuff?

I'm just submitting through Lit like I normally do, but it's not going through. I haven't changed anything on my computer lately, so I can't understand what's going on.

 

[SmilingLez]

You could try a simple test open up the Poetry submission type of few words in there and then click submit and see if it stays in the draft folder. If it does you know it is a glitch if it doesn't you know there's something going on with the story end of Literotica or your story. You can always delete the Poetry submission after you check to see if it goes in pending

 

[AwkwardMD]

I'm just submitting through Lit like I normally do, but it's not going through. I haven't changed anything on computer lately, so I can't understand what's going on.

Can you take some screen shots

 

[Smuttyandfun]

I just tried submitting a four line poem, that I called 'A Poem', and hit submit and it also went into drafts. I noticed though, that instead of the story name, this is what appears after I've hit submit:

Smuttyandfun_4282677697c1eac76538.docx Instead of the name of the story, this is what shows up when it goes nto drafts.

 

[AwkwardMD]

Smuttyandfun_4282677697c1eac76538.docx Instead of the name of the story, this is what shows up when it goes nto drafts.

That's normal.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

That's normal.

I just thought it looked odd, so I wasn't sure if it was normal or not.

The last time I tried submitting I didn't put any note for the editor, but it didn't make any difference and it still went into drafts. I'm completely baffled, because this has never happened before.

 

[AwkwardMD]

I just thought it looked odd, so I wasn't sure if it was normal or not.

The last time I tried submitting I didn't put any note for the editor, but it didn't make any difference and it still went into drafts. I'm completely baffled, because this has never happened before.

It's a "new" normal. That's not how they used to appear, but they do now. There have been backend changes aplenty in the last six months.

 

[SmilingLez]

I just tried submitting a four line poem, that I called 'A Poem', and hit submit and it also went into drafts. I noticed though, that instead of the story name, this is what appears after I've hit submit:

Smuttyandfun_4282677697c1eac76538.docx Instead of the name of the story, this is what shows up when it goes nto drafts.

That is definitely a bug or there is something funky going on with your account. Anyway file a bug report

 

[Smuttyandfun]

That is definitely a bug or there is something funky going on with your account. Anyway file a bug report

I did a sent a message, but I don't expect a reply. If this was my first story, I think I'd quit the site. It's just so frustrating to spend all this time trying to get it submitted and it's still stuck in drafts, except now they're multiplying because I keep changing the title to see if it'll work.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

It's a "new" normal. That's not how they used to appear, but they do now. There have been backend changes aplenty in the last six months.

Whatever they're doing, it's no help to me. Because now I've got a Valentine story that I can't submit.

 

[AwkwardMD]

I did a sent a message, but I don't expect a reply. If this was my first story, I think I'd quit the site. It's just so frustrating to spend all this time trying to get it submitted and it's still stuck in drafts, except now they're multiplying because I keep changing the title to see if it'll work.

Can you please take some screen shots of your submission form? It's hard to know what questions to ask.