The Halloween 2024 Official Contest Support Thread!

[gleader]

I just submitted my first contest entry "Halloween Party in Pandemonium".
Humor & Satire seems to be an unpopular category.

Oh, Definately British (English by birth and upbringing Welsh by majority of my life).

I'm sorry that I did Wales dirty in my books.

 

[Kethandra]

I just submitted my first contest entry "Halloween Party in Pandemonium".
Humor & Satire seems to be an unpopular category.


I'm sorry that I did Wales dirty in my books.

Humor is tough here. Some readers seem to want no sex in their humor, others are upset if they aren’t aroused as much as they are amused.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Humour is also very subjective. There's (in general) a large difference between what the British based world thinks is funny vs the Yanks...

 

[Wineandcheese]

Humour is also very subjective. There's (in general) a large difference between what the British based world thinks is funny vs the Yanks...

I’m a Yank, but I love British humor!

 

[Melody_Lightdraft2]

Wow that was fast, only uploaded my story, "Paper Cut," yesterday and it's posted.

 

[Melody_Lightdraft2]

I just submitted my first contest entry "Halloween Party in Pandemonium".
Humor & Satire seems to be an unpopular category.


I'm sorry that I did Wales dirty in my books.

Congratulations. Good luck.

 

[Melody_Lightdraft2]

Humor is tough here. Some readers seem to want no sex in their humor, others are upset if they aren’t aroused as much as they are amused.

Let's face it sex can be very funny.

 

[OtterlyMindblowing]

Let's face it sex can be very funny.

If you can’t laugh during sex you’re probably doing it wrong.

 

[Actingup]

If you can’t laugh during sex you’re probably doing it wrong.

Timing is everything. At the moment of seeing the other person's bits, laughter is not recommended.

 

[Kethandra]

Wow that was fast, only uploaded my story, "Paper Cut," yesterday and it's posted.

I submitted How To Breed Your Dragon late Sunday and it posted late Monday/early Tuesday - the contests definitely seem to help with that.

 

[DukeofPaducah]

Out of morbid (appropriate!) curiosity, how well do you guys think a dark and bleak and disturbing story would do? I mean, it's bleak. I'm guessing pretty poorly. There's some erotic content and descriptions, but lots of regret, a handful of suicides, a couple of other deaths, a woman self-mutilates... I've checked with a couple of other authors/beta readers to see if it's too much, but I've been urged to continue and maybe even dig deeper. I'm actually expecting some people to click out of the story -- or maybe just go right to the bottom of the last page to express their displeasure, but I'm about 90% sure that I'm still going to publish it. I may be surprised. So, traditionally, how do scary stories fare in this contest? Or should I just write a sex romp/wacky mix-up at a costume party and actually try to get a decent rating?

I read that one and found it to be empathic to what many would consider a predator.
The duality of her emotions created and maintained great tension.
I quite liked it.

 

[DukeofPaducah]

Mine is up: The Leopard-Print Leotard in I/T. Nurse helps her brother out on Halloween.

I read this.
I really liked the incremental progression of circumstance that finally led to the abandonment of societal conventions.
I thought it was ¡Muy caliente!

 

[DukeofPaducah]

Good day everyone! I am excited to share I have just submitted my story, The Patient on Windhaven Lane.

I truly hope when it is posted you enjoy. Thank you for allowing this old woman to express herself and for you all to give me a bit on confidence.

I liked how the plot elements were interwoven and reached critical mass at the close.
The choice of an EMT as protagonist kept dramatic tension between boinks.
I thought it well-crafted and rated it accordingly.

 

[DukeofPaducah]

I wrote a contribution to the Halloween spirit without realizing it was a competition.
My only disappointment is that there is a dearth of comments, which I rely on to improve.
There are 2. One is from me.
The other is from Freya.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

I read that one and found it to be empathic to what many would consider a predator.
The duality of her emotions created and maintained great tension.
I quite liked it.

Thank you. I usually don't worry about what I'm writing -- I just write -- but every now and then the evil debate between "I'm an Artist" and "Give the People what they Want" pops into my head. This story caused quite a battle up in my old melon. But I'm glad that you liked it.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

I wrote a contribution to the Halloween spirit without realizing it was a competition.
My only disappointment is that there is a dearth of comments, which I rely on to improve.

Come on, folks! @DukeofPaducah is asking for comments to help improve their writing. If you don't feel comfortable commenting publicly, I'm sure a private comment would also be welcome. Help a fellow author out. Here's the story: The Skinwalker

 

[DukeofPaducah]

Glad to see this. The story I started last year is done.

I really liked the juxtaposition of the protagonost’s notion of being cock of the walk with the reality he was actually clueless. It was a treat to read.

 

[gleader]

Humour is also very subjective. There's (in general) a large difference between what the British based world thinks is funny vs the Yanks...

That's what exactly I wanted to say to @AlexFourways .

My story is online now, and most of the references in it were British. "Halloween Party in Pandemonium"

Sorry @StillStunned , I missed the Pandemonium challenge. The horns on the politician's head turned out to be plastic now.

 

[Rob_Royale]

I really liked the juxtaposition of the protagonist's notion of being cock of the walk with the reality he was actually clueless. It was a treat to read.

Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it.

 

[AlexFourways]

I wrote a contribution to the Halloween spirit without realizing it was a competition.
My only disappointment is that there is a dearth of comments, which I rely on to improve.
There are 2. One is from me.
The other is from Freya.

Freya is a gem like that.
I suffer from the same lack of comments, (My LW is doing better at 7) but maybe that means you and I are neither stella or beneath contempt?! One of my biggest number of comments were about the nature of 'small computer companies' and mistaking the Royal Navy as being an American institution! I Step off the Train
I'll have too look you up!

 

[Melody_Lightdraft2]

Timing is everything. At the moment of seeing the other person's bits, laughter is not recommended.

Or as one of my mare characters said to a stallion in the Royal Stud, "Is that it?"

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Or as one of my mare characters said to a stallion in the Royal Stud, "Is that it?"

Difference between a Wife, a mistress and a prostitute...
Prostitute says, "That's It!!!"
Mistress says, "That's it???"
Wife says, "Peach, I think I'll paint the ceiling peach."

 

[Voboy]

Let's face it sex can be very funny.

My #1 reason for abandoning stories? I decide I'm being too dour.

I NEED a little humor in my stories.

 

[Katie_Mae]

Timing is everything. At the moment of seeing the other person's bits, laughter is not recommended.

Oh. So that's where I went wrong!

 

[Rob_Royale]

My #1 reason for abandoning stories? I decide I'm being too dour.

I NEED a little humor in my stories.

Then you need a comic relief character. "They fuck you in the drive through!"