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Newbie Help requested

acguy 🚫

Hello Everyone,

I have several stories posted and I was happy with their reception. I also received some excellent feedback and I took it to heart.
I basically went back to online school for the last few months to learn how to be a better writer using that advice and feedback as a starting point.

I'm asking for some assistance. My old brain is glitching.

I now have a completed story that I want to post in chapters scheduled over a month. I can schedule to post the first chapter but I can not see where to add and schedule the next chapters all at once. I've been back and forth for a few days now, trying to find where I am going wrong. Does the first chapter have to be posted before you can add others? Can someone please direct me to where I need to go to submit each chapter and schedule them.
I greatly appreciate any help offered.

Replies: solitude Argon acguy

solitude 🚫

@acguy

Does the first chapter have to be posted before you can add others?

I'm not an author here, but I recall someone's blog saying something like "I've posted tw first chapter, and will set up the rest to post once the first chapter is up".

Argon 🚫

@acguy

Only after the story with the first chapter is on the new stories page will you be able to add chapters. You can then determine the date and time, 8 am or 8 pm, of the new chapter's appearance. Each chapter to be added has to be a separate submission.

Replies: hiltonls16 Crumbly Writer

hiltonls16 🚫

@Argon

I'm not an author so may have it wrong. I thought there was a way to submit a whole story as a single file with clear chapter marks and either relative or absolute dates for each chapter to appear. Information has appeared in the forums, which is where I've seen it. I expect it is also in the guidance for authors pages.

Replies: hiltonls16 Argon Crumbly Writer

hiltonls16 🚫

@hiltonls16

I found the instruction page https://storiesonline.net/help/Scheduling-and-Automation-Guide-for-WLPC-Story-Delivery-System

Argon 🚫

@hiltonls16

Yes, but you cannot post chapters separately that way, two per week, Monday and Friday.

Replies: tendertouch

tendertouch 🚫

@Argon

I'm not sure what you mean here. I've used the single file method to setup releasing a chapter at a time, Tuesday and Saturday mornings. As far as I remember you need to either use the exact dates or just do +4 (Tuesday to Saturday) and +3 (Saturday to Tuesday) after giving it a correct start date.

Crumbly Writer 🚫

@hiltonls16

That's true, as you can add the submission commands in the story itself. I've never done it myself, so I can't tell you how well it works, just that's it's possible. I tend to pay attention to how each chapter fares compared to the others, to learn which techniques work in different setting, yet I always like taking the most unusual approaches, so it's pretty much standard procedure for me.

Crumbly Writer 🚫

@Argon

It's called 'scheduled submissions', where you specify the date and time of the chapter postings. It's a useful feature for longer stories, yet I've always preferred double-checking my chapter before posting, just to catch any last-minute typos or 'issues' I never noticed before.

Since I tend to go through so many revisions, I'm more likely to leave things from earlier revision when I should have corrected them, just never noticed the incorrect references.

acguy 🚫

@acguy

Thanks for the answers and messages. I think I have it figured out now. I appreciate all the responses

Replies: Crumbly Writer

Crumbly Writer 🚫

@acguy

If you have any questions or doubts, then ask Lazeez via the Contact tag in the upper-right of the SOL page. He'll tell you if you're on the right tract, or further explain it if you're aren't (that's what I did when he first introduced the scheduled posting feature).

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