yukonnights
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Beats me. I'll just follow the instructions as given.
Thanks, I guess I'll do the same unless someone has more info for us.
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Beats me. I'll just follow the instructions as given.
Sounds like a lot of folks already have one ready, would an earlier submission help or hinder the process?
Hinder. If you're going to be submitting a story for the 750 Word Project, please do so on the first with the tag and note to the admin listed by Jezazz.
Despite submitting mine too early it is marked to go live on the 4th.
I've gone ahead and submitted mine as well. Looking forward to reading the others!
I'm really interested to see how other's did theirs. 750 words is about a paragraph or two for my normal stuff. I ended up only being able to hint at what the end might be. It was fun though. Especially the edit, take away three words...add three better words, etc.
Ohhhh the editing. I went thru mine word by word. I have never before paid so much attention to whether the word was really needed or not. It was fun. And it went from indecision, boyfriend, another guy, first time sex to next date in 750 words. Wow.
I'm really excited by the response to this.
Really looking forward to all that you guys have written.
I do have something in mind for another writing exercise, if you guys are game?
I'm really interested to see how other's did theirs. 750 words is about a paragraph or two for my normal stuff. I ended up only being able to hint at what the end might be. It was fun though. Especially the edit, take away three words...add three better words, etc.
I'm using characters from a previous story though. Is that cheating?
750 words? I can write 15 stories within that limit.
50 word stories!!!!!! How? How? (she beats her head on the desk).
50 word stories!!!!!! How? How? (she beats her head on the desk).
50 word stories!!!!!! How? How? (she beats her head on the desk).
50 word stories!!!!!! How? How? (she beats her head on the desk).
Here's my How-To:
https://www.literotica.com/s/how-to-write-a-fifty-word-story
And how to do the plot:
https://www.literotica.com/s/how-to-plot-flash-fiction
And my Valentine entry of 15 x 50 word stories for 2018:
https://www.literotica.com/s/fifteen-love
Jezzaz, you've got me curious. Can't wait for your next challenge.
Ok then. Try this.
Tell your story in one scene. Just one. No background, no context. Just done in the dialog and interaction between two (or more, if you are inclined) people.
So you've got to a) give context, b) give back story, c) explain the current situation and d) resolve it, all in one conversation between people, in one place.
No flash backs, no excerpts, just dialog (and internal thought, if you want to).
This sounds easy - and some people will think it easy, and then when they read their stuff, they'll realise how un-natural some of the dialog will be. People don't normally talk to each other deliberately recapping things both of them would already know (the start of the movie Gravity pisses me off because it does exactly that - where the George Clooney character does scene exposition that everyone would already know.)
What do you guys think?
Ok then. Try this.
Tell your story in one scene. Just one. No background, no context. Just done in the dialog and interaction between two (or more, if you are inclined) people.
So you've got to a) give context, b) give back story, c) explain the current situation and d) resolve it, all in one conversation between people, in one place.
No flash backs, no excerpts, just dialog (and internal thought, if you want to).
This sounds easy - and some people will think it easy, and then when they read their stuff, they'll realise how un-natural some of the dialog will be. People don't normally talk to each other deliberately recapping things both of them would already know (the start of the movie Gravity pisses me off because it does exactly that - where the George Clooney character does scene exposition that everyone would already know.)
What do you guys think?
Done! That’s pretty much how I wrote mine, a first encounter scene involving two people. Hopefully it will be enough to get the mind and heart racing...I know it did as much for me.
What do you guys think?
You're right, it's trickier than it sounds.