The 2024 750 Word Story Challenge Support Thread

[EmilyMiller]

UPDATE:

THE END IS IN SIGHT!

So I’ve published 15 - this where I am:

1. SciFi & Fantasy
2. Non-erotic
3. Romance
4. BDSM
5. Humor & Satire
6. Gay Male
7. Lesbian Sex
8. Toys & Masturbation
9. Toys & Masturbation (couldn’t be two more dissimilar stories)
10. Interracial Love Lesbian
11. Mind Control
12. Mature
13. Transgender & Cross Dressing
14. Celebrities & Fan Fiction
15. Reviews & Essays
16. Erotic Horror tomorrow
17. Non-human

I have no ideas for any new ones at present and none of the remaining categories are ones I want to tick (or am able to - non-English?) so that may well be it. Then never say never.

Emily

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

Inspired by Emily's creativity and stick-to-itiveness (congratulations!), I'm going to write a LW sequel to my first one in H&S.

Two categories! Woo hoo!

 

[M_K_Babalon]

I think the word counting mechanism at Lit must have either fewer or more fingers and toes than I do, because the first time I submitted my story if was sent back with a note that it was only 743 words long, even though my computer Word counter said 750 exactly. After making a few minor changes and adding the appropriate number of words, with my computer insisting now it was 757 words long which I thought would bring Lit’s count up to 750, it was published as a 766-word story. Maybe it’s all just a crap shoot, anyway.

I never had the problem until now. I think emdashed words count as one.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

I think different word counts come from how punctuation is handled. I've noticed the official lit count considers "this...thing" one word.

There should be a space after elipses.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Anyone else create a series for all their 750 stories like this?

https://www.literotica.com/series/se/750-word-stories-1

Emily

No, but I started writing one about the third or fourth year of this challenge.

 

[MrPixel]

@Duleigh mentioned me, markup doesn’t count as words as per:

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Emily

I take it you intended for your example to be self-referential.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I take it you intended for your example to be self-referential.

It’s always all about me, hun

Emily

 

[Bazzle]

It’s always all about me, hun

Emily

She has the whole world in her hands...

 

[Bazzle]

The has the whole world in her hands...

This one has better breasts.

 

[EmilyMiller]

The has the whole world in her hands...

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[EmilyMiller]

Yeah. I enjoy writing them, but the three I've done are my lowest rated stories. Unless I think of something really good, I'm going to pass this time.

My working hypothesis is that if an idea realized as a 5k story is in the 4.6x - 4.7x range, it realized in 750 words will be in the 4.3x - 4.4x range.

This despite it being technically much more difficult to pull off a meaningful story in so few words.

Emily

 

[Series 6]

I took a shot the 750 Word Challenge. Doesn't seem to be doing as well as my entries for last year's edition. Give it a read and let me know what you think:

https://literotica.com/s/lunch-break-in-the-park

 

[CockSparrow]

Why, oh why?

My latest 750-word story - https://www.literotica.com/s/the-girl-next-door-75 - attracted a new comment. Just one word: 'Pervert'. Yippee! I thought. But then I noticed that this on-the-money comment was left by Anonymous. Why? If you are going to leave praise for a dirty story on a dirty story site, at least claim your full helping of credit.

 

[EmilyMiller]

This one has better breasts.

 

[LilyWaters]

UPDATE:

THE END IS IN SIGHT!

So I’ve published 15 - this where I am:

1. SciFi & Fantasy
2. Non-erotic
3. Romance
4. BDSM
5. Humor & Satire
6. Gay Male
7. Lesbian Sex
8. Toys & Masturbation
9. Toys & Masturbation (couldn’t be two more dissimilar stories)
10. Interracial Love Lesbian
11. Mind Control
12. Mature
13. Transgender & Cross Dressing
14. Celebrities & Fan Fiction
15. Reviews & Essays
16. Erotic Horror tomorrow
17. Non-human

I have no ideas for any new ones at present and none of the remaining categories are ones I want to tick (or am able to - non-English?) so that may well be it. Then never say never.

Emily

Woah! That's awesome!

 

[Trionyx]

I have no ideas for any new ones at present and none of the remaining categories are ones I want to tick (or am able to - non-English?) so that may well be it. Then never say never.

Impressive! But you’ve still got two weeks to crank out anal, erotic coupling, incest & taboo, letters & transcripts, loving wives (tho I certainly understand why you want to avoid that category now), reviews & essays, fetish, first time, group sex, celebrities & fan fic as well as how to.

So get cracking, vehstehst Du?

 

[EmilyMiller]

Impressive! But you’ve still got two weeks to crank out

anal

Written already

, erotic coupling

Written already

, incest & taboo,

Written already

letters & transcripts,

WTF?

loving wives (tho I certainly understand why you want to avoid that category now),

Written already

reviews & essays

Written already AND wrote a 750er

, fetish,

Written already

first time,

Written already

group sex,

Written already

celebrities & fan fic

Written already AND a 750er

as well as how to.

How to write a lot of 750 word stories?

 

[Trionyx]

Oh, I meant you should write 750ers in all those categories.

 

[EmilyMiller]

My first attempt at erotic horror - Angel Vengadora

Emily

 

[EmilyMiller]

Oh, I meant you should write 750ers in all those categories.

Oh dear, don’t think I’m up for that

 

[LilyWaters]

Just finished my first 750 word story, and I am ready to submit it.

I've noticed that several writers link their stories to the 750 word challenge page, which I like, but I can't figure out how to do it? Do I link it in my Google Doc, then download from Google Docs as plain text and then upload it to the submission page that way?

 

[joy_of_cooking]

Here's what I put at the top of my stories, using the plain text submission form where you write raw HTML:

This story was written for <a href="https://www.literotica.com/s/the-750-word-project-2024-coming-soon">the 2024 Literotica 750 Word Challenge</a>. Below this line are exactly 750 words.

<hr />
It was a dark and stormy night...

Notice there is a blank line before but not after the HR tag. This produces a balanced amount of whitespace above and below the line when the HTML is rendered. You can experiment with the preview to see what happens if you add the blank line after.

 

[alohadave]

Just finished my first 750 word story, and I am ready to submit it.

I've noticed that several writers link their stories to the 750 word challenge page, which I like, but I can't figure out how to do it? Do I link it in my Google Doc, then download from Google Docs as plain text and then upload it to the submission page that way?

I put the prefix from the first post in the thread, and Laurel added the link when it published.

 

[LilyWaters]

Here's what I put at the top of my stories, using the plain text submission form where you write raw HTML:



Notice there is a blank line before but not after the HR tag. This produces a balanced amount of whitespace above and below the line when the HTML is rendered. You can experiment with the preview to see what happens if you add the blank line after.

Something I can simply copy and paste. God bless you.

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

My second one is complete. Since it's a sequel to the first one, it will be submitted late Sunday night or maybe Monday to give some time between the two.