The opposite. It appears to have been shortened, from the 8th to the 5th. It said 8th before, which was what I was counting on, and now it says the 5th. I'm not going to put myself under pressure to get it done by then.
Hello! You need to update item number 7 to reflect the 8th, not the 5th, if the 8th is the correct date.*** UPDATE ***
Had a couple of folk ask me if they could submit after the 5th and still be included.
I reached out to Laurel. Official answer is that any appropriately-tagged story will be included, but if not submitted "within 48 hours" of the go-live then it might turn up a day or two late.
Good to know... my second submission still needs a lot of work
I'm posting this thread to officially kick off the "Karaoke" Story Event. Laurel will be creating the Event Page shortly - and submissions can be sent in between September 25th and October 8th, with a Tuesday October 10th Go Live Date. That's over 80 days - plenty of time!
This thread is to SUPPORT and ENCOURAGE authors to enter stories in the 2023 "Karaoke" Story Event. If you have questions, post them here and someone will answer. It might be me, it might be someone else here but don't be shy. Ask.
If you're a first time writer, or this is the first time you're putting a story in to an "Event" on Literotica, hey, don't get stressed about it. You don't have to have written anything before to write for this event. This isn’t a “by invitation only” event. This is not a competition. There's no scores, no prizes.
Just writing for fun with a bunch of other writers doing the same thing. If you're not sure about what to do, how to submit your story, anything at all in fact, just ask here. We've all been there and we're a bunch of very helpful people and we like to pass it on.
So, without further ado, are you interested in writing a story for the “Karaoke” Literotica Story Event? Get started! First time writers and veteran Literoticans alike are all invited and encouraged to participate. Post the name of your story here so we can all see it and I'll keep a running list going in this thread.
The Rules are actually really simple
Pick a song and write a story that uses the title of that song, and, inasmuch as is possible, reflects the content of that song.
Min 750 words, normal Lit general rules.
Illustrative examples:
...etc.
- First Time - Crush (Jennifer Paige) - Professor has hots for a student.
- Gay Male - Born This Way (Lady Gaga) - Man fights for his right to be who he wants to be
- Fetish - These Boots are Made for Walking (Nancy Sinatra) - Femdom foot fun.
- Loving Wives - Bitch (Meredith Brooks) - wife is a goddess on her knees, likes to prove it to anyone with an interest
- NonConsent/Reluctance - Every Breath You Take (Police) - Stalker gets a bit creepy with the girl of his dreams
- Reviews and Essays - Cannon in D (Pachelbel) - Why Pachelbel's Cannon sucks for cellos
- Incest/Taboo - We are family (I've got all my sisters with me) (Sister Sledge) - this... doesn't need an explanation.
1. The story title has to be “[Your Chosen Song Here]” (so, using above examples, "Crush" or "Every Breath You Take" etc)
2. The spirit of the event is to then craft your story around the words, meaning or message of the song - but the degree to which you do this is up to you.
4. Any subject, any category, any length you like.
5. Author must copy and paste the phrase "Karaoke Story Event" in the "Notes" field of the submission. We recommend that you COPY & PASTE it into the NOTES field to avoid typos.
6. Please use “Karaoke” as a story tag.
7. All entries to be submitted by 11:59pm, Thursday October 5th - with a Go Live Date of Tuesday October 10th. You can submit any time between September 25th and October 5th. All stories will be posted on Tuesday October 10th
That’s it.
So what are you waiting for?! Get started!
Happy writing/singing,
Altissimus
Done
Yeah, games that are written mostly great will do that to you. Sadly, the developers were not up to the challenge of a satisfying ending IMO. I did like the Bard Duets though.
All up on the tenth. In your 'pending' folder, you should have an orange 'new' tag and the date should say '10/10/23'.
I only ended up writing 3. Blame bipolar flight of ideas and capricious muses who used to be succubi or erinyes (they still are from a certain point of view) for the many casualties. Thx for counting.
Thank you, again!
Doesn't sound like it has anything to do with the song.
There's a writer named Jukebox (or I think maybe JukeboxEMCSA) whose entire catalogue appears to be based off of song titles.
Yeah, Incest is disproportionately popular on Lit. If that's your thing, you can get a lot of followers very quickly.Whilst my rating is pretty average, hovering just around the 4.5 mark, my story Hollow Talk is getting an absolute ton of reads/clicks incredibly fast. The choice of which category you post in really makes a massive difference, I've come to realize. Seems that mother-and-son stories are incredibly popular here. Even someone new to the website like myself, without a lot of followers, will probably reach over 10,000 readers in the first 24 hours of the story going live.
For sure. My Halloween submission has 42k views in the first 24hrs. Incest/Taboo is definitely a hot one.Whilst my rating is pretty average, hovering just around the 4.5 mark, my story Hollow Talk is getting an absolute ton of reads/clicks incredibly fast. The choice of which category you post in really makes a massive difference, I've come to realize. Seems that mother-and-son stories are incredibly popular here. Even someone new to the website like myself, without a lot of followers, will probably reach over 10,000 readers in the first 24 hours of the story going live.
