The Halloween 2024 Official Contest Support Thread!

[TarnishedPenny]

Well, I'm down. Good concept, good characters, a reasonable plot - and it just won't gel. Ah well, I'll have a solid start for 2025's event.

Good luck to all.

 

[Kethandra]

Well, I'm down. Good concept, good characters, a reasonable plot - and it just won't gel. Ah well, I'll have a solid start for 2025's event.

Good luck to all.

Sorry to hear it; the contests are stronger when you have an entry.

 

[DukeofPaducah]

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!

 

[DukeofPaducah]

Thank you for the read and comment..
Skinwalker was a corollary to a (semi) series I wrote about life in the US Southwest.
Lack of context with the characters in Skinwalker has led to some confusion that hasn’t done my story any favors.
Asdza at the bar was a shapeshifter. Intent on punishing Pickle for his transgression.
Asdza at the close was a real person. She was the feral lover encountered in the first story in the series.
Her identity was taken by the Skinwalker.
Aunty Nez had powers of her own. She was the protagonist in the story Witchy Woman.
Her enigmatic smile at the close was my way of ending the tale. In keeping with the Bob Seger tune
Night Moves, she was ‘getting her share.’
I could have done a much better job clarifying these plot points. Live and learn.

The first was One of These Nights. I left text links to the others…I think.
Cheers

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Thank you for the read and comment..
Skinwalker was a corollary to a (semi) series I wrote about life in the US Southwest.
Lack of context with the characters in Skinwalker has led to some confusion that hasn’t done my story any favors.
Asdza at the bar was a shapeshifter. Intent on punishing Pickle for his transgression.
Asdza at the close was a real person. She was the feral lover encountered in the first story in the series.
Her identity was taken by the Skinwalker.
Aunty Nez had powers of her own. She was the protagonist in the story Witchy Woman.
Her enigmatic smile at the close was my way of ending the tale. In keeping with the Bob Seger tune
Night Moves, she was ‘getting her share.’
I could have done a much better job clarifying these plot points. Live and learn.

The first was One of These Nights. I left text links to the others…I think.
Cheers

I mentioned it in the comment I left, you should consider putting these in a series. You can put them in order allowing your readers to get the full impact of the story. From this 'chapter' I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy it.

 

[AlexFourways]

I mentioned it in the comment I left, you should consider putting these in a series. You can put them in order allowing your readers to get the full impact of the story. From this 'chapter' I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy it.

A good point, but for competitions the story can't be part of a series - but you can add it after.
DukeofPaducah, do you know how? As it took me a while to click and click on Series (Beta).
Or you could take my route of some explanitory notes, almost like you just did (though the clarification about Asdza would be better in the story like her asking him 'Do I know you?' and her voice being very different.) But even that needs to take into account the rules. However, 'having a character appear from another story does not a series make'? Particularly if you are not implying that the NEED to read the other story.
YMMV IYSWIM (I reserve the right to be (proved) wrong)

 

[Kethandra]

Your Grace:
[I think that’s an appropriate address to a Duke]
I read your comment above as I was halfway through your story, which influenced my view of the finish. I enjoyed both, in spite of some of the fetish/kink not being my particular things. I left a long-winded comment (feeling sorry for myself with zero comments on mine, I had to give if I wanted to receive). Others have mentioned the paragraph formatting; I hope you have the time and inclination to clean this one up. It’s worth it.

Thank you for the read and comment..
Skinwalker was a corollary to a (semi) series I wrote about life in the US Southwest.
Lack of context with the characters in Skinwalker has led to some confusion that hasn’t done my story any favors.
Asdza at the bar was a shapeshifter. Intent on punishing Pickle for his transgression.
Asdza at the close was a real person. She was the feral lover encountered in the first story in the series.
Her identity was taken by the Skinwalker.
Aunty Nez had powers of her own. She was the protagonist in the story Witchy Woman.
Her enigmatic smile at the close was my way of ending the tale. In keeping with the Bob Seger tune
Night Moves, she was ‘getting her share.’
I could have done a much better job clarifying these plot points. Live and learn.

The first was One of These Nights. I left text links to the others…I think.
Cheers

 

[Rob_Royale]

Well, I'm down. Good concept, good characters, a reasonable plot - and it just won't gel. Ah well, I'll have a solid start for 2025's event.

Good luck to all.

There's something to be said for knowing when to step back and look at it with fresh eyes next year. Sorry it didn't come together for you.

 

[DukeofPaducah]

Your Grace:
[I think that’s an appropriate address to a Duke]
I read your comment above as I was halfway through your story, which influenced my view of the finish. I enjoyed both, in spite of some of the fetish/kink not being my particular things. I left a long-winded comment (feeling sorry for myself with zero comments on mine, I had to give if I wanted to receive). Others have mentioned the paragraph formatting; I hope you have the time and inclination to clean this one up. It’s worth it.

Thank you.
I’ll give your offering a peep and a squeak

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Just submitted my offering. 13.5K words. Started it yesterday, finished it and edited it today. (yeah, work is slow this week.)
It was so fun to write. Look for "What are the Odds,' coming soon to T/CD.

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

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.

Thank you for your comments and feedback. I truly appreciate the time you took and am gracious of you thoughts.

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

One of the best thing about contests is how it brings attention to the back catalog. My Summer Lovin’ story just crossed 100K views.

I am sorry to have missed out on that contest this year but there is always the future

 

[Jorunn]

Just submitted my offering. 13.5K words. Started it yesterday, finished it and edited it today. (yeah, work is slow this week.)
It was so fun to write. Look for "What are the Odds,' coming soon to T/CD.

13.5K words in one day? I don't know if I could think that fast! You're awesome!

 

[Jorunn]

Well, I'm down. Good concept, good characters, a reasonable plot - and it just won't gel. Ah well, I'll have a solid start for 2025's event.

Good luck to all.

Nothing ticks faster than the deadline clock at Literotica. I had to pull a section of my Halloween story to get it submitted yesterday. Writing a three way conversation during a three way sex scene became as jumbled as it sounds! But I tucked it away for another day.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

13.5K words in one day? I don't know if I could think that fast! You're awesome!

Thanks...


To be fair, it was more like two days, Tuesday morning to Wednesday evening, but I was inspired and the story did just flow. Probably not my most developed story, but it was fun to write.

 

[Bassytian]

I have just submitted my second entry for publication. My first one was more romantic, but this one is a silly comedy. All I will say about it for now is that I watched a helluva lot of "The Three Stooges" for inspiration.

 

[AlexFourways]

Thanks...

To be fair, it was more like two days, Tuesday morning to Wednesday evening, but I was inspired and the story did just flow. Probably not my most developed story, but it was fun to write.

Sounds a bit like mine, in terms of getting possessed to write it. (but a mere 10.5k over two and a bit words, but that's a long story for me - more impressive was FreyaGersemi doing a beta read and stardust sprinkle in a day!).
The-Devil-Does-Care About Attitude isn't getting good ratings, (or many or comments) but I don't know if that's the sex, the theology or the economics! I'll have to add it to my distractions for my Sci-Fi story. Re Categories I'm a bit of a bed hopper!

 

[TheLobster]

Submitted my entry earlier today. 11k words, in Group Sex of all categories!

Let's hope it gets in before the weekend

 

[Erozetta]

What the hell, I dropped a co-worker/friends kitten play/costume story in EC this morning.

 

[OtterlyMindblowing]

I am legitimately shocked at how well All Tricks is doing. It’s on track to be one of my highest-rated stories of all time, missing that mark by a mere 0.06. Super happy so many people seem to be enjoying it!

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

After being determined that this year's Halloween contest entry wouldn't exceed 10,000 words—or at least no more than 12 to 14,000 anyway—I'm now down to the last two sections to be written and I'm only at 17,000 words! Now I'm wondering what the chance is that I can finish by Sunday and come in at under 20K?

 

[Voboy]

Thanks...


To be fair, it was more like two days, Tuesday morning to Wednesday evening, but I was inspired and the story did just flow. Probably not my most developed story, but it was fun to write.

Love it when it flows like that. That's when you know you're onto a good one.

 

[Kethandra]

Thank you.
I’ll give your offering a peep and a squeak

A peep and a squeak, huh? You provided more than that. Thank you for the lengthy and detailed comment. It was poetic to boot.

 

[TheLobster]

Let's hope it gets in before the weekend

It did! Foreign Festivities just went up. It's about two longtime friends who try to introduce this weird trick-or-treat tradition from abroad into their country. Eventually, they knock at the door of a rich, bored housewife whose husband is away on business...

 

[DukeofPaducah]

A peep and a squeak, huh? You provided more than that. Thank you for the lengthy and detailed comment. It was poetic to boot.

My pleasure, really.
Your story was reminiscent of ‘The Witches of Eastwick,’
with Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher.
I enjoyed them both.