The Official Author's Hangout 2016 April Fool's Day Contest Support Thread

[BradBigBrain]

Well done.

Now you have to wait impatiently for it to appear, and then check for votes every five minutes.

Thanks!

And I will!

 

[legerdemer]

Slackers live longer lives. ...

...

Man who catch porn fly with chopsticks...

You two planning to start a fortune cookie company?

 

[HuckPilgrim]

Mer breaks open the cookie and unrolls the little piece of paper:

"Plan to start a fortune, Cookie."

Mer scratches her head, tosses the scrap to the floor, and digs her chopsticks into the yummy chow mein.

 

[oggbashan]

My fourth, and shortest entry, is now posted.

It's on the home page link to the April Fool contest, but not yet in New Stories.

https://www.literotica.com/s/certainties

Will it get as many 1 votes as the previous three? Watch this space...

 

[oggbashan]

I've just looked at all the comments current on ALL the April Fool's Day stories that are listed today.

Am I the only one trolled by this particular anonymous, or has everyone else deleted his comments?

 

[tomlitilia]

I haven't deleted any comments, and haven't noticed any trolling.

 

[oggbashan]

I haven't deleted any comments, and haven't noticed any trolling.

My latest one started well, and has now joined the other three at 3.xx.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I'm working on one but still a sizeable distance away from finished. It will probably take this next weekend to finish.

 

[BradBigBrain]

My story was accepted this morning!
The Visit - Punk'd
It's in the contest listing, too.

 

[Kethandra]

Final editing on my first entry. Oedipus and Perseus reveal the truth stories behind their legends at the Heroes Bar.
I may have time for a second, Mature, entry.

 

[BradBigBrain]

I was feeling kind of left out because I wasn't getting comments from Mr. Anonymous. Then I went out and ran some errands and he showed up! Woot!!!

How did I know it was him? There was a grammar error in his comment.

This shitty tale should have been in Loving Wives; where the asshole telling the story is the other man. And to think of how he got so pissed off when he thought he was not going get the opportunity to fuck another man's wife is deplorable. The only interested thing about this is getting the chance to get the home-wrecking weasel's POV.

 

[SandraMustard]

I submitted a story to this contest as an experiment in writing for scoring. I can't win of course and I tell readers up front. Still, this could be interesting.

 

[TittyBear69]

Wish I had known about this contest earlier....

Hi all.

Wish I knew about this contest earlier! My fault for not logging in for so long. Not sure if it is worth the scramble to try and get a submission written and approved. Do last-minute entries from new writers ever win?

I do have something brewing for both the National Nude Day and Halloween and a plot bunny or 2 sneaking out from under the couch for the Wintertime contest. I would like my first story entry to be well crafted and such. If I win a contest, so much the better (but not counting on it).

BTW, If we have questions or comments on a contest submission; where do we post them?

Thanks for helping a 'Virgin',
TittyBear

 

[TittyBear69]

Congrads, Brad! Hope I get a chance to read it!

 

[RejectReality]

There's a full week worth of voting after the close of submissions, so there's plenty of time for even a last-second entry to attract attention.

Here's as good a place as any to ask questions about the contest. If someone here doesn't know, it's probably something you need to take directly to Laurel, anyway.

Hi all.

Wish I knew about this contest earlier! My fault for not logging in for so long. Not sure if it is worth the scramble to try and get a submission written and approved. Do last-minute entries from new writers ever win?

I do have something brewing for both the National Nude Day and Halloween and a plot bunny or 2 sneaking out from under the couch for the Wintertime contest. I would like my first story entry to be well crafted and such. If I win a contest, so much the better (but not counting on it).

BTW, If we have questions or comments on a contest submission; where do we post them?

Thanks for helping a 'Virgin',
TittyBear

 

[TxRad]

A sweep went through yesterday. I lost a whole 5 votes and gained about .02 in score.

 

[oggbashan]

A sweep went through yesterday. I lost a whole 5 votes and gained about .02 in score.

One of mine went up to a rating of a massive 4.00. The other three are closer to 3.00.

Anon still hasn't worked out that the stories are the April Fool joke.

Loving Wives that aren't cheating.
Secret spies that aren't secret.
Mind Control that isn't and triggers what he really wants to do.
A bet when the result was already known.

Doh!

 

[lovecraft68]

One of mine went up to a rating of a massive 4.00. The other three are closer to 3.00.

Anon still hasn't worked out that the stories are the April Fool joke.

Loving Wives that aren't cheating.
Secret spies that aren't secret.
Mind Control that isn't and triggers what he really wants to do.
A bet when the result was already known.

Doh!

If memory serves me last years April Fools contest wasn't a huge hit. There were less stories than in other contests-so it followed its Earth day predecessor in that regard-and it seemed like the readers really 'didn't get it.' in a lot of comments I saw on my entries and others as well.

My theory is it messes with the almighty tropes and cliches they love. It's been well documented readers will gladly read the same plot over and over because they like it and know where its going which they like.

Then you get stories like in this contest where authors are writing what looks like a trope, then pull a switch. Rather than being seen as fun, it seems like it annoys a lot of them.

Last year only one of mine did well and that was because it was a young girl with an older guy to give the real men a thrill. The other two the twist was too much.

This year I went with a simple, but fun twist and its doing much better. "Trick" here is to not trick them too much, at least if you care about how it goes over.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Could be. But I don't even think they get that far. The whole concept is a big yawn.

If memory serves me last years April Fools contest wasn't a huge hit. There were less stories than in other contests-so it followed its Earth day predecessor in that regard-and it seemed like the readers really 'didn't get it.' in a lot of comments I saw on my entries and others as well.

My theory is it messes with the almighty tropes and cliches they love. It's been well documented readers will gladly read the same plot over and over because they like it and know where its going which they like.

Then you get stories like in this contest where authors are writing what looks like a trope, then pull a switch. Rather than being seen as fun, it seems like it annoys a lot of them.

Last year only one of mine did well and that was because it was a young girl with an older guy to give the real men a thrill. The other two the twist was too much.

This year I went with a simple, but fun twist and its doing much better. "Trick" here is to not trick them too much, at least if you care about how it goes over.

 

[BradBigBrain]

Congrads, Brad! Hope I get a chance to read it!

Thanks!

A sweep went through yesterday. I lost a whole 5 votes and gained about .02 in score.

I can't tell...it looks like I had more votes from yesterday and I went down .06

 

[lovecraft68]

Could be. But I don't even think they get that far. The whole concept is a big yawn.

I like it. It's the only contest that's not easy to write for.

Nude day? Everyone is always nude in erotic stories. Not that people can't try to get a spin on it, but the concept is very easy.

Winter, summer? It's cold, its hot, there's your story.

V-day? Oh, look roses and candy on the bed they fuck on, all set.

Halloween....OH no! The mistaken identity masked stories and endless succubus tales written by people with no clue what a succubus is other than a horny demon with tits.

At least with April Fools it requires more effort than the others.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

But not appealing to most readers, I would guess.

Earth Day was my favorite. I was so bummed to see it go.

I like it. It's the only contest that's not easy to write for.

Nude day? Everyone is always nude in erotic stories. Not that people can't try to get a spin on it, but the concept is very easy.

Winter, summer? It's cold, its hot, there's your story.

V-day? Oh, look roses and candy on the bed they fuck on, all set.

Halloween....OH no! The mistaken identity masked stories and endless succubus tales written by people with no clue what a succubus is other than a horny demon with tits.

At least with April Fools it requires more effort than the others.

 

[lovecraft68]

But not appealing to most readers, I would guess.

Earth Day was my favorite. I was so bummed to see it go.

I hated Earth Day. The only time I ever entered it was the last one in 2014 for survivor. Ironically, I ended up coming in first

 

[oggbashan]

I hated Earth Day. The only time I ever entered it was the last one in 2014 for survivor. Ironically, I ended up coming in first

I was running out of ideas for Earth Day but still have five incomplete stories for it - incomplete because I was running out of ideas.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

I never run out of ideas for nature themed stories. April Fool's, wtf? Yuck. Hate it. But I am tossing in my hat, hopefully, if I can finish.


QUOTE=oggbashan;75759268]I was running out of ideas for Earth Day but still have five incomplete stories for it - incomplete because I was running out of ideas. [/QUOTE]