I mostly go off memory, but I'm 17 chapters deep in my main series, plus a handful of spinoffs, and I'm mildly obsessed with avoiding contradictions, so I use a long planning document.
I do it by memory but "working" is probably a stretch
Sounds like the fan/editor of George R.R. Martin who keeps track of everything in 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and Mr. Martin checks with to make sure there are no continuity errors
Congrats. You survived!
Congrats and good luck! I've just submitted an edit for my own submission, just a few word changes. Not sure it'll go through, since edits seem to linger for ages longer in submission than not, but I've got my fingers crossed.
Well done.
), but I'm very happy with it.
As long as you're happy with it, that's what matters! I thought that mine was pretty good, but the score keeps dropping. It's sitting at 4.35/51 right now. Like, it wasn't a perfect story, but I thought it was at least a 4.5l I want to tell myself that it's because I shouldn't have submitted it in the romance catagory, and that it would have done better if I'd just submitted it as a non-erotic like all the other times I've submitted stories without sex, but still. It does wound the pride.My entry just published, after just the same 72 hours pending as usual. The Do Over is my shortest story and not really a contender for the prize, I think (seems the readers already agree on that point
Well, maybe you just got a few bombs that will be swept away later.
I know it's easier to say than do, but think of it this way: two people giving it a one because they're twats is enough to be the difference between 4.35 and 4.49 with that number of votes. If you're happy with it, be happy with it. Don't let either the 1s or the 5s affect how you feel about it.
That's what I'm hoping for. I don't expect it to win, but it would be nice have an "A" average (I figure a 4.5 is basically an A-).
Congrats! I'm working on one last competition piece that's a follow-up on last year's piece. Calling it "Sammi Elf Sweetens Her Sugarplum" and it's about a Christmas elf getting buttfucked by her human boyfriend. A true holiday classic, if you can't tell.
I know, I know. I just ... I know. I am happy with it. I am. At least it's not a surprise hit (relatively speaking) that makes me think "damn, maybe I should have quiried that to magazines" like this one was. One day I'd like to make money off of writing, but for now I'm just happy that people are reading my stories and occasionally telling me that they liked them afterward. There's a reason my forum quote is what it is, after all.
When looking at scores here, all aspects of writing are squashed together into a simple, single number. Thus, you can’t tell if your score is based on the quality of your writing.or the content of your writing. Then throw in choice of category, where great content can be scored lower because your story didn’t match reader expectations.
As it stands mine probably won't get enough to qualify. Its a shame but I've received 5 new followers since I posted it. So not a total loss.
The smaller the stakes the bigger the egos.
I love that you got new followers. I feel like that's going to be the major benefit here for me, too.
I wonder if some of this has to do with the fact that when the stakes are smaller, people feel less bad about manipulating the outcomes. Like they can allow themselves a little bit of fudge factor without it affecting their ego/feelings about themselves at all.
I don't know if it is the tag itself or everyone in the contest, but the contests definitely bring it out.
