Nikita
04-04-2008, 08:35 AM
Guess who? :)
I have a couple of topics in the Story Contest forum for April and May. Story Contests (http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=19)
What went into my decision to pick these two topics?
I've seen several calls for submission for flash fiction. There is a lot to be gained from this exercise, for instance it makes you build a structure for your story and you can use it to build a bigger one.
Calls for submissions almost always have a word limit or give you a range, so the words you use need to count. You can be a word miser but still say a lot with the few you use, maybe even better.
I picked the second one because I love the feel of the picture, a story can go in many directions from it, and you can write the piece with a certain audience.
This pic is dark, the intended audience may not be readers of hot, raunchy, every hole gets fucked sex by every perv in the story, but a piece that's well written with good hot vanilla sex and express the dark elements and feel.
Further, If I saw a call for a hetero couple, (and sometimes the type of relationship is specific,) stuck on a desert island and one of them says "I never knew..." and I sent them a story that started with "I never knew you were gay," my goose would be cooked and the would be kicked back in a nano second.
Food for thought.
That said, I'd like to see writers from this forum participate, including the instructors. The entries will be anonymous. As for me, I can't and won't enter them because it would be a conflict of interest, etc., etc.
So, let's rock. :cool:
I have a couple of topics in the Story Contest forum for April and May. Story Contests (http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=19)
What went into my decision to pick these two topics?
I've seen several calls for submission for flash fiction. There is a lot to be gained from this exercise, for instance it makes you build a structure for your story and you can use it to build a bigger one.
Calls for submissions almost always have a word limit or give you a range, so the words you use need to count. You can be a word miser but still say a lot with the few you use, maybe even better.
I picked the second one because I love the feel of the picture, a story can go in many directions from it, and you can write the piece with a certain audience.
This pic is dark, the intended audience may not be readers of hot, raunchy, every hole gets fucked sex by every perv in the story, but a piece that's well written with good hot vanilla sex and express the dark elements and feel.
Further, If I saw a call for a hetero couple, (and sometimes the type of relationship is specific,) stuck on a desert island and one of them says "I never knew..." and I sent them a story that started with "I never knew you were gay," my goose would be cooked and the would be kicked back in a nano second.
Food for thought.
That said, I'd like to see writers from this forum participate, including the instructors. The entries will be anonymous. As for me, I can't and won't enter them because it would be a conflict of interest, etc., etc.
So, let's rock. :cool: