Short Story Challenges: October: So Spooky

Carewren123 · September 2015

August 2015 Submissions

Theme: "Firsts" The perfect theme for our first month's challenge. This month is all about firsts for us. Stories must include some sort of first for the Sims in the story.

The First Night by @CitizenErased14
Love at First Sight by @swcheppes
My Sudden Happiness by @Julyvee94
Twisted Addiction by @Munterbacon *1st Place*
The First Child by @Rivie
Cards on the Table by @dsh
First Grade by @putacece4lyfe
First Time for Anything by @AuroraLockwood
First Light by @lizzielilyyyy
My First Day by @BBQPenguinWings
Waterfowl Water-park by @Penguinwa101
Life On Paper by @DavidMCSessy
The First Fail Tea Party by @CathyTea *3rd Place*
First Warmth by @Pegasus143
First Goodbye - Holly's Diary by @DreamsInPixels
The Last Breath by @ra3rei *2nd Place*
Firsts Frozen in Time by @SouthernBelle1283
Ascension by @PeachyKeen88
All About Love by @BruNCC93

Carewren123 · September 2015

No need to pay too much attention to that last post. I'm just linking to that from the front page, so that we can keep an archive of previous months without having to overcrowd that post on the front page. (fingers crossed that this works how I want it to)

putacece4lyfe · September 2015

Carewren123 wrote: »

No need to pay too much attention to that last post. I'm just linking to that from the front page, so that we can keep an archive of previous months without having to overcrowd that post on the front page. (fingers crossed that this works how I want it to)

It worked exactly how you wanted it to. I wonder how'd you did it

Carewren123 · September 2015

putacece4lyfe wrote: »

Carewren123 wrote: »

No need to pay too much attention to that last post. I'm just linking to that from the front page, so that we can keep an archive of previous months without having to overcrowd that post on the front page. (fingers crossed that this works how I want it to)

It worked exactly how you wanted it to. I wonder how'd you did it

I went to my profile > comments. Then I clicked on the link for that particular comment. It gives you a comment-specific url that I used for the link. I think I learned this from @Julyvee94 (not sure)

Carewren123 · September 2015

The August challenge is officially closed. We ended up with a whopping 19 entries. Awesome job, everyone!

Carewren123 · September 2015

Let the voting begin!

Just click on the link below to choose your picks for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places! You can only vote once, so make it count. (A vote for 1st will give that story 3 points. A vote for 2nd is worth 2 points. And a vote for 3rd gives 1 point. At the end of the week of voting I'll tally all the points and announce the winners!)

http://carewren123.polldaddy.com/s/august-short-story-challenge

(Also there'll be a link on the first page - 4th post - that way if you're not ready to vote just yet, it'll be easy to find whenever you're ready)

Carewren123 · September 2015

Aaaaaaand now it's time to announce the next theme.

September's Theme: It all started when I opened...
Opening phrase: Instead of an actual theme, this month everyone must begin their story with the same phrase.

*Feel free to change the "I" to another pronoun if you don't plan to write your story in 1st person.
*Also just as a quick reminder the maximum number of screenshots has been increased to 12.
*The word limit is the same: 500-1500 words.
*Stories must contain 1-12 screenshots

I already can't wait to see what you all come up with. Let me know if you have any questions

Edit to add a couple of reminders.

putacece4lyfe · September 2015

Also I have a question. You know how every month is supposed to be different and stuff like we aren't just doing themes like we may have a "writing stimulus" too like the story might have to start with this phrase etc. and the structure of it all may be different as well (I remember all of us having a conversation about prompts *cringe* and some times decreasing the amount of screenshots and words and sometimes increasing it) since we talked about it being this way (idk if it's concrete since we were all suggesting) should the structure of the monthly challenge be included in the introduction of every particular theme or the writing stimulus we may have? Just wondering. Or only should do this for the "special months" and include the structure and different writing stimulus into the description.

I hope you understand my question. Lol.

This could be too complex and maybe stupid to ask. But I just thought if people started reading our previous submissions and you have a concrete set of rules but if they go to a whole different month it's changed and they are confused and wondering why it's do different. Idk this is how my brain works.

Carewren123 · September 2015

Good question @putacece4lyfe I completely understand what you meant. Basically I planned to have the rules outlined on the first page be the default rules, so unless special rules are announced for any given month, then you can assume the normal rules are in effect. But I think I will edit the announcement post with a few reminders, since this is just the 2nd month.

putacece4lyfe · September 2015

Carewren123 wrote: »

Good question @putacece4lyfe I completely understand what you meant. Basically I planned to have the rules outlined on the first page be the default rules, so unless special rules are announced for any given month, then you can assume the normal rules are in effect. But I think I will edit the announcement post with a few reminders, since this is just the 2nd month.

I'm glad you understood. Lol.

Julyvee94 · September 2015

I can't even decide xD I need more votes! (the struggle is real)

lizzielilyy · September 2015

Voted

BruNCC93 · September 2015

Urgh this was so hard!
Good luck everyone!

eXokamikaze · September 2015

Voted! I would like to have voted for another two or three more stories, but it was so difficult to have to pick and choose among the finalists in my head! Gah. I wish everyone who has participated all the best!

Julyvee94 · September 2015

I wish that in the end there is a tie for first place between... everyone xD

Meggles · September 2015

I'm gonna have to read through them all today! Thankfully they should be short!

Derubelle · September 2015

Had a read through all the stories and voted for the first time ever. It was sooo soo hard

CitizenErased14 · September 2015

Ah! I finally voted. That was stressful

picking just 3 is so hard!

CitizenErased14 · September 2015

Also... Ahh! I'm sitting here trying to think of ideas for September already

I have an idea on how to finish the first line, but no clue where to go from there. :loL:

Pegasus143 · September 2015

As everyone else has been saying, voting was definitely pretty hard, but I was able to figure out who to vote for.

Now to start on the September theme- when I first saw it the thing that I thought of was a short story that I had to do for school one time. Guess I'm going to have to find another idea.

CitizenErased14 · September 2015

Ooh! I have my idea! I have my idea! *dances wildly* I go back to work so soon... I'm gonna try to get this thing done asap!

Carewren123 · September 2015

It really was hard to pick just three to vote for, so everyone be assured that even if you don't win there was someone wanting very much to vote for your story. At least we can thank @Munterbacon for suggesting we vote for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, otherwise we all would have had to pick just one story to vote for.

PeachyKeen88 · September 2015

Voted! Boy, was it hard to choose!!!

Julyvee94 · September 2015

All hail Cat gif king @Munterbacon ! Do you have a gif for this situation?

RoryPlaysTheSims · September 2015

When does voting end?

EDIT: NM. I'm a nerd:

Voting will be open for 1 week after the end of each month. (The link to vote will be found in a post below)

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Short Story Challenges: October: So Spooky

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