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09-20-2002, 08:45 PM
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Whispersecret's Cliché Thread got me thinkin'...
Hello.  I've decided to write a story for the Halloween contest for the first time ever. What I want to know is, in your opinion(s), what are some clichés to look out for when writing a Halloween story? Also, where might I be able to find some old Halloween stories? (I noticed they don't have their own category like the Valentine's stories do.)
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09-21-2002, 12:34 AM
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No one can help me? 
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09-21-2002, 12:57 AM
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I think the "cliche storyline" is not so much a problem as lack of imagination when using one. I really don't know what a "Halloween cliche storyline" looks like, so I can't tell you what to avoid. Likewise for other Halloween stories on Lit, but there's a lot of history to the holiday that would make pretty good subject matter.
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09-21-2002, 01:53 AM
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Re: Whispersecret's Cliché Thread got me thinkin'...
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Originally posted by Puppi
Also, where might I be able to find some old Halloween stories? (I noticed they don't have their own category like the Valentine's stories do.)
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The story search function the story index link at the bottom of the page turns up 140 hits on "halloween."
Halloween cliches:
Mistaken identity at a costume party (Usually Daddy/Daughter or Mother/Son).
Trick-or-Treater gets more than candy.
Mystery lover turns out to be a ghost/ghoul/vampire.
Sexy costume frees libido and shy girl turns into a slut.
"Cinderella"
These are relly more sub-categories of halloween stories than they are cliches, but they're the more typical scenarios for halloween stories. I wouldn't necessarily avoid those scenarios, but I would try to use a bit of character development and apply a twist to the plot to keep them from being cliched.
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09-21-2002, 03:06 PM
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I don't know much about Hallowe'en, but you guys have jack o'lanterns, right? Pumpkins where you carve out orifices and insert warm things, right?
Shit, barred from Literotica for being too perverted.
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09-22-2002, 12:03 PM
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I absolutely hate the stories (not erotic, just in general) where the character turns out to be dead. like, the first time I read one, (goosebumps lol) it was cool, but then I read a million others and they just got dumber and dumber. The Others did something similar but I thought they used it well enough...but...don't do that.
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09-22-2002, 01:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Chicklet
The Others did something similar but I thought they used it well enough...
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I thought The Others was a good movie. I realized the "staff" was dead pretty fast, but not the family. That blindsided me. I think they could have done a lot more with the actual family living there holding seances and whatnot. That would have been cool. |
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09-22-2002, 02:10 PM
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Halloween, hmmmm forget fucking a woman you thought you knew that was in disguise, god talk about predictable.
How about horror, I mean TRUE horror, the stuff that Stephen King might produce.
Or if horror is not yer cup of tea, how about an erotic tale set in a very early historical setting?
After all, halloween is more than halloween 2002 at the office.
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09-22-2002, 02:13 PM
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Oops last post was me (turfed the cookies this morning).
Oh might as well take the chance to mention, that by horror I don't mean dull ghoulish vampire retread notions.
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09-22-2002, 03:26 PM
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Though I wrote Horror before I got into erotica (and still write some once in a while), I plan to make my contest submission erotic.
I was just looking for some caution signs of what's been over done.
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09-22-2002, 07:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rainbow Skin
I don't know much about Hallowe'en, but you guys have jack o'lanterns, right? Pumpkins where you carve out orifices and insert warm things, right?
Shit, barred from Literotica for being too perverted.
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Is that where Pumpkin, the nickname, originated from? |
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