The Authors' Hangout 2011 Halloween Contest Support Thread.

[Darkniciad]

Welcome to the Halloween support thread, where all categories are accepted and welcome

Once again, the offical rules of the real contest:

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=779097

Ignore any so-called "rules" to the contrary.

 

[Sugary_Comfort]

I got about another thousand words written in about 15-20 minutes earlier before dinner. I haven't started back up yet because I wanted to watch the stuff on FOX.

I was surprised that once I started writing stuff just started flowing. I really didn't intend for there to be an almost sex scene where I was writing but it happened and I like it. I kind of just let the characters do the work.

I'll go back to writing in a little bit. See if I can't get a few thousand more words in an hour or so.

 

[Acktion]

Now THAT is just frustrating.



I completed one and found, not one, but TWO volunteer editors to look over it separately while I looked to another story that was begging me to finish it amidst the seven that I have begun. One found no errors. The other pointed out three, which I and the first had missed. Both were wildly supportive of the story. I corrected what was pointed out and submitted it.

Yet, it was rejected. And the only reason given was to check spelling and to search for help from the volunteer editors page. AFTER myself and two volunteer editors have looked over it. I have read over it again and can find no issues.

What the hell? Do I assume that all volunteer editors are not created equal and look for a THIRD volunteer editor? Or do I just trash that one and try something else? Or do I rewrite, assuming that somewhere I must have used an unfamiliar word that they didn't recognize and assumed was misspelled?

This is my first submission to Literotica, and my first to anyone in over a decade. Surely, though, the reason link would have stated something else if there was some other reason. Not cited spelling and encouraged me to look for an editor. Right?

Excuse me while I step outside and scream at the horror.

 

[Sugary_Comfort]

I completed one and found, not one, but TWO volunteer editors to look over it separately while I looked to another story that was begging me to finish it amidst the seven that I have begun. One found no errors. The other pointed out three, which I and the first had missed. Both were wildly supportive of the story. I corrected what was pointed out and submitted it.

Yet, it was rejected. And the only reason given was to check spelling and to search for help from the volunteer editors page. AFTER myself and two volunteer editors have looked over it. I have read over it again and can find no issues.

What the hell? Do I assume that all volunteer editors are not created equal and look for a THIRD volunteer editor? Or do I just trash that one and try something else? Or do I rewrite, assuming that somewhere I must have used an unfamiliar word that they didn't recognize and assumed was misspelled?

This is my first submission to Literotica, and my first to anyone in over a decade. Surely, though, the reason link would have stated something else if there was some other reason. Not cited spelling and encouraged me to look for an editor. Right?

Excuse me while I step outside and scream at the horror.

I find it annoying that those who read the stories in order to make sure they're okay to be posted don't bother to actually tell you what spelling/grammar mistakes you made if they reject it because of that. And I don't think that's the reason it was rejected. I have read some stuff that was just done so awfully, had so many spelling/grammar errors I just couldn't read it. I'm thinking that person just chose spelling/grammar because they either couldn't pinpoint what was wrong or there wasn't an option for what they found wrong.

 

[Acktion]

Calmer

Thank you, Sugary_Comfort. That is very sweet of you.

I deleted the work from my submissions page and, with a copy of the rejection, sent it back to the same volunteer editors who had helped me and chose a third as well. All three selected from different pages of the volunteer editors pages, I might add.

But, truthfully, I don't expect any of them to find anything, just as I didn't.

Anyway, thank you again. And I do apologize for my annoyed outburst. I'll slink back to lurkerdom, now. Perhaps... Some other time.

 

[scouries]

http://blog.audiojungle.net/wp-content/uploads/rejected-300x287.jpg

QUOTE acktion Yet, it was rejected. And the only reason given was to check spelling and to search for help from the volunteer editors page.

Excuse me while I step outside and scream at the horror.

I know exactly how you’re feeling buddy. And there is a solution – a simple one. And it was proposed years ago.

Click on this link and find out what it is:

[size=+3]Simple Solution!!!!http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?p=38788052#post38788052[/SIZE]​

 

[TxRad]

I completed one and found, not one, but TWO volunteer editors to look over it separately while I looked to another story that was begging me to finish it amidst the seven that I have begun. One found no errors. The other pointed out three, which I and the first had missed. Both were wildly supportive of the story. I corrected what was pointed out and submitted it.

Yet, it was rejected. And the only reason given was to check spelling and to search for help from the volunteer editors page. AFTER myself and two volunteer editors have looked over it. I have read over it again and can find no issues.

What the hell? Do I assume that all volunteer editors are not created equal and look for a THIRD volunteer editor? Or do I just trash that one and try something else? Or do I rewrite, assuming that somewhere I must have used an unfamiliar word that they didn't recognize and assumed was misspelled?

This is my first submission to Literotica, and my first to anyone in over a decade. Surely, though, the reason link would have stated something else if there was some other reason. Not cited spelling and encouraged me to look for an editor. Right?

Excuse me while I step outside and scream at the horror.

If you submitted the story by cut and paste, a machine most likely read your story and the result was the rejection reply you got. Sometimes the formating can be off in cut and paste and cause this problem. Always make sure and read through the cut and paste on the preview page to make sure all formating is good.

If everything checks out with another editor or if you feel there is no problem resubmit the story as a .doc file.

As for who reads most of the stories, it is the site owner Laural.

As for anything scouries has to say, it is all bullshit and blowing his own horn over something he has no control over and never will. Laural and Manu do things their way and only their way. That's what bugs scouries. Their way might not be the best way but it is the way it is and will be done. It also stopped a lot of his cheating dead in its tracks. He can't cheat his way into a win because Manu has the sweeps to foil him.

 

[LunaEroticaMystica]

Hi estragon! That's the plan. Thank you. I should get back on track soon once this bout of weather evens out. How much time to do you need for quibbling? I'm hoping to wrap it up in another week or so.

Acktion, sorry you are having a tough time!

Sugary, yay for the nice steady flow!

EmKit: Sounds like a perfect plan. Add in some naughty costumes... I can't wait to get some Fall fun started.

TxRad: Who can blame a guy? Glad you are taking advantage of your weather and letting your hair down.

Everyone else, luck as you keep plodding along.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Oh, darn.

I meant to submit my Halloween contest story but I inadvertantly posted it to Scouries threads again and again and again.

Please forgive me.

Do you think he'll get the hint and leave the official contest threads alone or...should I post the rest of my stories to his threads?

 

[Guest]

[Spamming, bumping, posting same content to multiple locations, and screen-stretching to disrupt the forum is prohibited per our forum guidelines.] - Last Warning

 

[sr71plt]

I completed one and found, not one, but TWO volunteer editors to look over it separately while I looked to another story that was begging me to finish it amidst the seven that I have begun. One found no errors. The other pointed out three, which I and the first had missed. Both were wildly supportive of the story. I corrected what was pointed out and submitted it.

Yet, it was rejected. And the only reason given was to check spelling and to search for help from the volunteer editors page. AFTER myself and two volunteer editors have looked over it. I have read over it again and can find no issues.

As TxRad has noted, the story probably hasn't been seen by a human editor yet--and something, possibly something extraneous, has set the program bot off. If you and your editors are satisfied there are few spelling problems, resubmit it with a note in the notes box that the story was edited and you can find no spelling problems. This will place it in the hands of the human editor (Laurel). Nine times out of ten it will take no more than this to get it passed through--although it will have gone to the end of the line and will take the full normal posting time again.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

[Spamming, bumping, posting same content to multiple locations, and screen-stretching to disrupt the forum is prohibited per our forum guidelines.] - Last Warning

Spamming? Bumping? Posting the same content to mulitple locations and screen-stretching is prohibited.

Why is it okay for you to spam, bump, and post the same content to multiple locations and screen stretching?

Okay. Sorry. I won't do it again, that is, so long as you stop posting your shit to the "official" contest threads. Okay? Deal? Agreed?

Nod your head so that I know you understand.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

Spamming? Bumping? Posting the same content to mulitple locations and screen-stretching is prohibited.

Why is it okay for you to spam, bump, and post the same content to multiple locations and screen stretching?

Okay. Sorry. I won't do it again, that is, so long as you stop posting your shit to the "official" contest threads. Okay? Deal? Agreed?

Nod your head so that I know you understand.

Is a slap on the hand better than a slap on the butt?

 

[mynameisben]

Is a slap on the hand better than a slap on the butt?

That depends on how hard you hit me, Babs.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

That depends on how hard you hit me, Babs.

I hit and grab! Will that work for you, Ben?

 

[mynameisben]

I hit and grab! Will that work for you, Ben?

More than you know, Babs.

 

[Darkniciad]

Finished my first cold read of Barren Harvest. I'm going to go through in a few minutes and do my first-pass nuts-n-bolts spell/grammar check, then get it out to my editor.

I've got my sights set on Thursday night.

 

[manyeyedhydra]

What's the best day to have a story go up again?

I've got another story ready to go. It's another disposable horror with a bad ending that won't trouble the final placings, so I don't mind a bit of troll damage. I've got a short story collection coming out in 3 weeks. Got to use the opportunity the contest gives to get some plugging in .

 

[Darkniciad]

What's the best day to have a story go up again?

I've got another story ready to go. It's another disposable horror with a bad ending that won't trouble the final placings, so I don't mind a bit of troll damage. I've got a short story collection coming out in 3 weeks. Got to use the opportunity the contest gives to get some plugging in .

Different people have different ideas about that. For me, the Thursday/Friday transition has always performed best, which is why I always aim for it.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I completed one and found, not one, but TWO volunteer editors to look over it separately while I looked to another story that was begging me to finish it amidst the seven that I have begun. One found no errors. The other pointed out three, which I and the first had missed. Both were wildly supportive of the story. I corrected what was pointed out and submitted it.

Yet, it was rejected. And the only reason given was to check spelling and to search for help from the volunteer editors page. AFTER myself and two volunteer editors have looked over it. I have read over it again and can find no issues.

What the hell? Do I assume that all volunteer editors are not created equal and look for a THIRD volunteer editor? Or do I just trash that one and try something else? Or do I rewrite, assuming that somewhere I must have used an unfamiliar word that they didn't recognize and assumed was misspelled?

This is my first submission to Literotica, and my first to anyone in over a decade. Surely, though, the reason link would have stated something else if there was some other reason. Not cited spelling and encouraged me to look for an editor. Right?

Excuse me while I step outside and scream at the horror.

Can it be a matter of paragraphs that are too long? That was apparently the problem with another story that was rejected, ostensibly because of grammar and spelling.

 

[TxRad]

Can it be a matter of paragraphs that are too long? That was apparently the problem with another story that was rejected, ostensibly because of grammar and spelling.

6 to 8 sentences per paragraph, is what i have heard and agree works best. Anything much longer on a computer screen makes it hard to follow and tires the eyes quickly.

 

[Darkniciad]

I swear there was a specific rejection for overlong paragraphs and other formatting issues, but I can't find a reference to it now. Maybe I dreamed it

 

[Boxlicker101]

I swear there was a specific rejection for overlong paragraphs and other formatting issues, but I can't find a reference to it now. Maybe I dreamed it

This is the one I referred to:
http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=780491

 

[EmeraldKitten]

I am so jealous I wish I had a story up. lol.

However I have managed to read a few entries, whoop whoop, go me!

There is still hope.. but I'm just not sure it's gonna happen... we shall see.

 

[SuperHeroRalph]

For those of you who enjoy true stories, for those of you who enjoy a good family based tale, for those of you who have always lusted over your mother-in-laws, and for those of you who enjoy a story that has a happy ending (I love happy endings) my story, Mother-in-law Peeping for Halloween posted this morning.

(sniff, sniff).

Sorry, it just brings tears to my eyes when I think of my mother-in-law, what's her name? What the Hell was her name? Fat ass? No. Bitch? No. Oh, I know, Diane.

Anyway, albeit a bit long, 7 Literotica pages and 22,832 words, it's a good story and I recommend that everyone not only read it and comment on it but also give it the 5 vote that it deserves.

"Hello? Is anyone here? Where is everyone? Am I in the right place? Where'd everyone go? I bought donuts."