The 2025 750 Word Story Challenge Support Thread

[TheRedChamber]

This may be a silly question but has anyone ever tried publishing an 'anthology' of these 750 word pieces. I've just finished writing one dystopian Sci-Fi piece and am considering if I might churn out another three or four in the same world (each different with characters and each a complete story on its own). I don't really like clogging up Lit with a multitude of little bitty stories and I think it might actually score higher if people read them all at once. I'm not sure if it's in the spirit of the competition though.

 

[Rustyoznail]

This may be a silly question but has anyone ever tried publishing an 'anthology' of these 750 word pieces. I've just finished writing one dystopian Sci-Fi piece and am considering if I might churn out another three or four in the same world (each different with characters and each a complete story on its own). I don't really like clogging up Lit with a multitude of little bitty stories and I think it might actually score higher if people read them all at once. I'm not sure if it's in the spirit of the competition though.

Well, it is a challenge, not a competition. Sounds like you've set yourself a challenge.

 

[Duleigh]

This may be a silly question but has anyone ever tried publishing an 'anthology' of these 750 word pieces. I've just finished writing one dystopian Sci-Fi piece and am considering if I might churn out another three or four in the same world (each different with characters and each a complete story on its own). I don't really like clogging up Lit with a multitude of little bitty stories and I think it might actually score higher if people read them all at once. I'm not sure if it's in the spirit of the competition though.

Predicting the voting patterns and the acuity of the readers is a science we've all been pondering. While one reader says your work ranks with Tolkien and Tolstoy the next reader will give you a 3 because you used the word disambiguation when clarification would have fit the situation better. I like your idea, and I did that last year. My mistake was believing that my 750 word stories might lead readers to my bigger works. You can make a super brief introduction ahead of the text, that sometimes helps. Something like

"This comes from my world of XYZ. This is a writing exercise, the idea is to write a complete story in only 750 words. Below this line are exactly 750 words"

Regardless of how well you word your introduction, there will be a few that don't get it. Your regular readers will, and that's who you're aiming for. I just ask that you keep your intro as brief as possible.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Or... A challenge to write a 750 word intro to your 750 word story challenge.

 

[Erozetta]

This may be a silly question but has anyone ever tried publishing an 'anthology' of these 750 word pieces. I've just finished writing one dystopian Sci-Fi piece and am considering if I might churn out another three or four in the same world (each different with characters and each a complete story on its own). I don't really like clogging up Lit with a multitude of little bitty stories and I think it might actually score higher if people read them all at once. I'm not sure if it's in the spirit of the competition though.

I did that with horror but haven't released it anywhere. The first is an overall description of a house and how the locals avoid it. Each story after that is going deeper into the house, room by room. Each story is 750 words depicting a different human fear/horror. The first room mentioned is one in which a spider woman entices her victim in, webs them up, deposits her eggs, then waits for her children to be born from the corpse.

 

[Duleigh]

The first room mentioned is one in which a spider woman entices her victim in, webs them up, deposits her eggs, then waits for her children to be born from the corpse.

I met a woman in Minot that could star in that role

 

[Bazzle]

This may be a silly question but has anyone ever tried publishing an 'anthology' of these 750 word pieces. I've just finished writing one dystopian Sci-Fi piece and am considering if I might churn out another three or four in the same world (each different with characters and each a complete story on its own). I don't really like clogging up Lit with a multitude of little bitty stories and I think it might actually score higher if people read them all at once. I'm not sure if it's in the spirit of the competition though.

Put them up for the event...then republish them as an anthology in a few month time?

 

[Bn2f]

This may be a silly question but has anyone ever tried publishing an 'anthology' of these 750 word pieces. I've just finished writing one dystopian Sci-Fi piece and am considering if I might churn out another three or four in the same world (each different with characters and each a complete story on its own). I don't really like clogging up Lit with a multitude of little bitty stories and I think it might actually score higher if people read them all at once. I'm not sure if it's in the spirit of the competition though.

You can practically do anything, as others have indicated, as long as it’s 750 words. I wrote 2 trilogies a few years back, but also felt each could almost be a stand alone story. Go for it!

 

[TheRedChamber]

Im not sure if I explained myself well earlier. (I think Bazzle got it, but Im not sure others) What I was suggesting was lumping 3 or 4 stories together as one submission (of 2250 or 3000 words) The stories are linked by a setting but otherwise completely independent.

 

[liftmykilt]

Im not sure if I explained myself well earlier. (I think Bazzle got it, but Im not sure others) What I was suggesting was lumping 3 or 4 stories together as one submission (of 2250 or 3000 words) The stories are linked by a setting but otherwise completely independent.

I understood it as a story series consisting of several 750-word stories. It sounds like a great idea.

 

[Erozetta]

Im not sure if I explained myself well earlier. (I think Bazzle got it, but Im not sure others) What I was suggesting was lumping 3 or 4 stories together as one submission (of 2250 or 3000 words) The stories are linked by a setting but otherwise completely independent.

Mine started as individual 750s, but I've since gathered them up into an anthology and plan to release it on Amazon at some point.

 

[Duleigh]

Im not sure if I explained myself well earlier. (I think Bazzle got it, but Im not sure others) What I was suggesting was lumping 3 or 4 stories together as one submission (of 2250 or 3000 words) The stories are linked by a setting but otherwise completely independent.

Sort of like Tales of Middle Earth kind of thing? Elf sex followed by peeping tom Wizard wanking followed by Hobbit humping kind of thing? I can see where submitting them all as one would work. If you can draw up a divider between the stories and a notice that each story = 750 words. I think that fulfills the spirit of the exercise nicely. Add a note on this in the notes to Admin and let Laurel know what you're up to.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Im not sure if I explained myself well earlier. (I think Bazzle got it, but Im not sure others) What I was suggesting was lumping 3 or 4 stories together as one submission (of 2250 or 3000 words) The stories are linked by a setting but otherwise completely independent.

Thieves World comes to Lit...