Official Support Thread - 5th Annual 750 Word Project

[Duleigh]

Blizzards rock. Gee, it's a "shame" that we don't have them down here.
My first is written in First Person
My second is written in Second Person
My third is written in Third Person
I wonder if any readers are going to catch that.

 

[KeithD]

Blizzards rock. Gee, it's a "shame" that we don't have them down here.
My first is written in First Person
My second is written in Second Person
My third is written in Third Person
I wonder if any readers are going to catch that.

They should now that you've pointed to it. An interesting response to the exercise.

 

[Duleigh]

They should now that you've pointed to it. An interesting response to the exercise.

Not a lot of readers come here, so I feel safe. It was a fun exercise, I've never written in first and second person, 750 words is a good warm-up. I'm going to have to do that more often.

 

[AlinaX]

I have two lined up for the first.

 

[FifthEstate]

Where do I get my "Proud to be a 750-Word Challenge Submitter" sticker?

Kind of like the “I voted” sticker on Election Day…lol.

 

[KeithD]

Kind of like the “I voted” sticker on Election Day…lol.

Which I have lined up stuck against the edge of the bookcase to the right of my desktop computer--11 of them now. I'm sure there have been more but I haven't remembered to stick them on every time. I also haven't remembered just to clear them all off.

 

[FifthEstate]

Four complete! They don't have anything to do with each other, each is in a different category written in different perspectives.

Saturday Morning
Saturday Afternoon
Saturday Evening
Saturday Night

I think I need to start working on better titles.

Starting to feel like there are going to be so many submissions in this challenge that I need to change my current title from a word that begins with “S” to one that starts with “A” just so readers find it!

 

[KeithD]

Starting to feel like there are going to be so many submissions in this challenge that I need to change my current title from a word that begins with “S” to one that starts with “A” just so readers find it!

The way to avoid the deluge is to wait a few days into the posting to submit. I'll be submitting one a day to avoid the crowd a bit.

 

[FifthEstate]

The way to avoid the deluge is to wait a few days into the posting to submit. I'll be submitting one a day to avoid the crowd a bit.

So how does that change things when all stories are scheduled to post on March 1st?

 

[Voboy]

I’ll have to remember to submit mine tonight.

 

[KeithD]

So how does that change things when all stories are scheduled to post on March 1st?

I don't think they are all scheduled to post on a single day. I think the first will post on 1 February and the last, under this exercise, on 1 March.

 

[GrantBricksly]

I only have one done, and I don't know that i will have time to do another. I am working on my April Fools Story right now.

My 750 word story is a Non-erotic one, I took an old bedtime story I wrote for my wife years ago, and re-wrote it and edited until I had the write amount of words. I do not expect it to do well, but I hope it will at least not do horribly.

It's meant as a bedtime story for Daddy-Doms to read to Littles...I have several of them I have written over the years...some have mild sexual tones to them, but nothing heavy..because of course, it is a bedtime story...meant to calm you, not excite you..lol But of course that and the non-erotic category means I will likely not get a ton of views or great ratings...

Who knows....I'll have to wait and find out I guess....

 

[DarkWhispers2U]

I only have one done, and I don't know that i will have time to do another. I am working on my April Fools Story right now.

My 750 word story is a Non-erotic one, I took an old bedtime story I wrote for my wife years ago, and re-wrote it and edited until I had the write amount of words. I do not expect it to do well, but I hope it will at least not do horribly.

It's meant as a bedtime story for Daddy-Doms to read to Littles...I have several of them I have written over the years...some have mild sexual tones to them, but nothing heavy..because of course, it is a bedtime story...meant to calm you, not excite you..lol But of course that and the non-erotic category means I will likely not get a ton of views or great ratings...

Who knows....I'll have to wait and find out I guess....

Mine are also going in non-erotic. Maybe they'll hate mine and be more appreciative of your bedtime story.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Starting to feel like there are going to be so many submissions in this challenge that I need to change my current title from a word that begins with “S” to one that starts with “A” just so readers find it!

The anthology lists cycle through the stories regularly, changing their order, so there's nothing to worry about, list-wise.

This advice brought to you by someone who titled a story A Girl on the Bus for exactly the same reason, then discovered I need't have bothered. But my next 750 Word story title begins with a B, so I've set myself up a tradition.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Are you sure? For contests that's correct, but I believe that the lists for challenges are fixed, and probably in alphabetical order. At least, that seems true for last year.

Hmmm. Maybe I am thinking of the contest lists cycling, and anthology lists could well be fixed - but why wouldn't they cycle, too? If they don't, there go my plans for Zara the Zoologist. I could have sworn thinking I was being clever, then didn't need to be.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Based on comments from last year, I think most people would still go to their favourite category new list to find stories, not the 750 challenge list.

On the plus side, my story will sit on the humour front page for ages.

 

[Voboy]

I forgot I had two ready to go, not one.

Well. They're both submitted!

 

[BarracudaSwordfish]

Mine is in the can. Much harder than 30k words but great fun!

 

[TheRedChamber]

Just submitted two stories for publication at event start. I think that's it, but they're fast to write once you've got the initial inspirations and I'm happy with the results, so I can't say I won't bang out another one...

 

[ElectricBlue]

That was quick. Submitted and pending in less than an hour!

 

[FifthEstate]

Hmmm. Maybe I am thinking of the contest lists cycling, and anthology lists could well be fixed - but why wouldn't they cycle, too? If they don't, there go my plans for Zara the Zoologist. I could have sworn thinking I was being clever, then didn't need to be.

 

[XerXesXu]

That was quick. Submitted and pending in less than an hour!

Am I doing something wrong, or misunderstanding something? When I hit submit, the work's immediately moved from draft to pending. Isn't that automatic?

 

[ElectricBlue]

Am I doing something wrong, or misunderstanding something? When I hit submit, the work's immediately moved from draft to pending. Isn't that automatic?

Mine is listed as pending, with the listing shown as Erotic Couplings, with the little symbols all in place, as if it were ready to go live.

From memory, that usually takes more time - but things are changing in the system nowadays, so maybe it's still sitting, to be reviewed. But my last, longer, story went up in less than 24 hours, so fast turn-arounds do happen. And it is only 750 words.

 

[XerXesXu]

Mine is listed as pending, with the listing shown as Erotic Couplings, with the little symbols all in place, as if it were ready to go live.

From memory, that usually takes more time - but things are changing in the system nowadays, so maybe it's still sitting, to be reviewed. But my last, longer, story went up in less than 24 hours, so fast turn-arounds do happen. And it is only 750 words.

OK, thanks. I've never noticed categories and symbols. I'll keep an eye out.

 

[AlinaX]

I'm confused as well. If it's in Pending and is listed within that as Pending, then it's merely submitted. If it's in Pending but is listed within that as New, then it's scheduled for publication. The time between Pending/Pending and Pending/New can be very long sometimes, especially for the Poetry category, but for me is usually about 36 hours. That said, I have seen it happen within a couple of hours, and sometimes it can be days and days...