Short Story Challenges: October: So Spooky

Spottydog714 · February 2016

CitizenErased14 wrote: »

I had a thought similar to this (but maybe less specific ) A month where you have to use sims from someone else's story Or (crazier idea!) a month where you have to write a sequel to someone else's past short story submission (using their characters)

@Carewren123 those ideas may be a little too weird, but there you go

YES! We have to do that! Those are awesome ideas!

lovesstorms wrote: »

CathyTea wrote: »

Rorygilmore34 wrote: »

CathyTea wrote: »

Julyvee94 wrote: »

PS: I have a feeling @Rorygilmore34 might like it hehe

And also some of the fangirls...

EDIT: You know what would be funny? If we had the reason that Rory and the fangirls would like it as one of the monthly themes! XD

You always make me smile, @CathyTea

MARCH = MEATBALL MONTH, amiright?

March = Meatball Short Story month. We all have to find ways to use Meatball.

That is an another awesome idea. They would be so much fun to read!

Anyway...
Now to read and vote!

RoryPlaysTheSims · February 2016

CathyTea wrote: »

Rorygilmore34 wrote: »

CathyTea wrote: »

Julyvee94 wrote: »

PS: I have a feeling @Rorygilmore34 might like it hehe

And also some of the fangirls...

EDIT: You know what would be funny? If we had the reason that Rory and the fangirls would like it as one of the monthly themes! XD

You always make me smile, @CathyTea

MARCH = MEATBALL MONTH, amiright?

Meatball Madness! @CathyTea

RoryPlaysTheSims · February 2016

lovesstorms wrote: »

CathyTea wrote: »

Rorygilmore34 wrote: »

CathyTea wrote: »

Julyvee94 wrote: »

PS: I have a feeling @Rorygilmore34 might like it hehe

And also some of the fangirls...

EDIT: You know what would be funny? If we had the reason that Rory and the fangirls would like it as one of the monthly themes! XD

You always make me smile, @CathyTea

MARCH = MEATBALL MONTH, amiright?

March = Meatball Short Story month. We all have to find ways to use Meatball.

lovesstorms wrote: »

CitizenErased14 wrote: »

mastressalita wrote: »

That would be a very hard theme for me, seeing as I'm the only one of y'all writing on a different version of the game and therefore unable to load up TS4 Sims into my game. ^_^;;;

Whoops, sorry @mastressalita I was just being kinda weird with my suggestions haha

You could just talk about Meatball the whole time @mastressalita and just not include him in the pictures. Though, it does sound like some people would struggle not seeing a picture. lol

He can be recreated for any TS game.

aroseinbloom · February 2016

Lots of reading to get done! Hopefully I'll be able to get to it later today when I'm done adulting.

Can't wait to see what next month brings. I'm hoping to be able to join in with my own story

CathyTea · February 2016

CitizenErased14 wrote: »

Actually @CathyTea I had a thought similar to this (but maybe less specific ) A month where you have to use sims from someone else's story Or (crazier idea!) a month where you have to write a sequel to someone else's past short story submission (using their characters)

@Carewren123 those ideas may be a little too weird, but there you go

Oooh! I love the sequel idea!

Carewren123 · February 2016

Okay. I got @sabreene 's story added to the list. Will make the poll in just a moment.

And announcement for February's theme coming up!

Carewren123 · February 2016

January's Entries

Theme: The Countdown
As I tried to think of a theme that would be fitting of the new year but not something that's too obvious or too narrow I thought of that traditional countdown to midnight. Your stories don't have to be about that countdown; as always make what you will of this theme. But each submission this month should include some sort of countdown in the story. I'm excited to see what everyone comes up with this month!

No special rules this time around. The regular 500-1500 word and 1-12 picture limit are in place for December.

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Submissions:
by @CitizenErased14 (1st Place)
by @Munterbacon
by @IchigoUsagi
by @supernatural103
by @Pegasus143
by @CathyTea
by @SilverDaybreak
by @ra3rei (3rd Place)
by @Rinellie (2nd Place)
by @lovesstorms
by @Twiggy
@RebornMonster
by @spottydog714
by @Julyvee94
by @sabreene

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Superlatives: Each month we try to discuss all the entries by giving each unique "awards" Please know that these aren't official in any way, it is just a fun thing for us to do to wrap up each month. We basically love all the stories not just the ones that win, so we found a way to share some positive feedback. Also everyone is welcome to share their own superlatives each month after voting is finished. If you want to read what people had to say about this month's entries click on the links below.

Given by @Rinellie

mastressalita · February 2016

Let the binge-reading and subsequent stressing over wanting to vote for everything commense!

Carewren123 · February 2016

February's Theme: A Different Kind of Love
The idea behind this theme of course comes from the fact that Valentine's Day is this month. Knowing that many of you would love to write a love story this time of year I definitely wanted to include that in the theme. I think this theme also is the perfect one for those writers who enjoy twisting (in the most awesome ways) the themes in a darker direction. So this month, your stories must be about some kind of love. Put a twist on a romance. Make it a platonic love. Make about any kind of non-romantic love. Make it a love for something instead of someone. Make the theme whatever you wish. I guarantee if you love your idea, lots of others will too.

Special Rules: I thought about making this month a super-short story month, since February is this shortest month - but I'm going to do the opposite and give you all the option to use more than the usual words and pictures. For this month you can use up to 2000 words and up to 15 pictures.

Spottydog714 · February 2016

Yay! Extra words! Thank you!

CitizenErased14 · February 2016

Oooh I have ideas already! Though they are so predictable

EDIT: But, to be clear, it can't be romantic love, right? So any type of love as long as it isn't romantic?

InfraGreen · February 2016

YES a challenge with extra words at last.

Brevity isn't my strong suit.

CathyTea · February 2016

CitizenErased14 wrote: »

Oooh I have ideas already! Though they are so predictable

EDIT: But, to be clear, it can't be romantic love, right? So any type of love as long as it isn't romantic?

I would think it could for sure be romantic love--as long as the story showed the ways in which it was a "different" kind of love....

@Carewren123 ?

Carewren123 · February 2016

CitizenErased14 wrote: »

Oooh I have ideas already! Though they are so predictable

EDIT: But, to be clear, it can't be romantic love, right? So any type of love as long as it isn't romantic?

Oh it can definitely be romantic as long as there's a twist. Something to make it "different". Whatever the difference/twist is, is up to you all. I'll clarify the post, thanks.

EDIT: I put it in bold now. Don't want anyone who wants to write a romance to think they can't.

Carewren123 · February 2016

CathyTea wrote: »

CitizenErased14 wrote: »

Oooh I have ideas already! Though they are so predictable

EDIT: But, to be clear, it can't be romantic love, right? So any type of love as long as it isn't romantic?

I would think it could for sure be romantic love--as long as the story showed the ways in which it was a "different" kind of love....

@Carewren123 ?

Ah, Cathy reads my mind once again.

JoieWilder · February 2016

I need to look outside of the Thoreau's but now I want to write a Hadley and Carter story.

CitizenErased14 · February 2016

JoieWilder wrote: »

I need to look outside of the Thoreau's but now I want to write a Hadley and Carter story.

I feel you, @JoieWilder Three guesses where my mind immediately went the second I read "love"

I may not be able to resist. But I'll definitely try!

@Carewren123 thank you for the clarification!

Julyvee94 · February 2016

Voted!

It was hard to pick there were soooo many stories this month. And I loved them all

Carewren123 · February 2016

Voting is now open, but before you vote I want to remind everyone of an important rule.

You must vote for a different story for each place! This means that you cannot choose the same story for each question on the poll. I do not own the paid membership to polldaddy, so there is no way that I know of to prevent voters from doing that in the format of the poll. It's up to each of you to be honest. However I ALWAYS check each vote before I tally the results. Any votes that ignore this rule are not counted. (Yep that means I can see each individual vote)

Moral of the story if you are voting for your story for all three places trying to get extra points, you are actually only hurting your point total! Sorry not sorry.

Now the vast majority of everyone who has every participated in the monthly fun here has followed the rules, so don't worry yourselves about this too much.

Carewren123 · February 2016

Voting Is OPEN

Voting for the winner of the January challenge is open at this time.

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 voting period I'll tally all the points and announce the winners!)

Please be sure to vote for a different story for each place.

JoieWilder · February 2016

@Carewren123

I have an idea to use characters from my Thoreau story (Hadley and Carter) for this prompt, since they have a more unusual love story. I'd like to remain true to the canon I've established and use their real original meeting. I want to tell this meeting from a different perspective, though, so I only want to use some parts of dialogue from the original story; this dialogue would make up less than 100 words of the story. Would it be okay to use that in my story? Their meeting isn't the whole story I have in mind, just the beginning.

Carewren123 · February 2016

JoieWilder wrote: »

@Carewren123

I have an idea to use characters from my Thoreau story (Hadley and Carter) for this prompt, since they have a more unusual love story. I'd like to remain true to the canon I've established and use their real original meeting. I want to tell this meeting from a different perspective, though, so I only want to use some parts of dialogue from the original story; this dialogue would make up less than 100 words of the story. Would it be okay to use that in my story? Their meeting isn't the whole story I have in mind, just the beginning.

Fine by me. Great idea.

RebornMonster · February 2016

@lovesstorms

thanks! I'm definitely still struggling with it - but I think it's just because it's new to me.

Omg, voting was so hard!!

sabreene · February 2016

We have so many entries this month! It's wonderful! I read the first half, and now have to take a break. Am looking forward to reading the next half! But, I'm not looking forward to voting. There are already so many I want to vote for, and I'm not even finished reading yet! The pain is real!

lovesstorms · February 2016

I already know which is my #1, but I want to know who my next two are. I need to look at them all again.

Everyone did fantastic this month. I'm sure everyone says that every month, though. lol I truly am unsure who my #2 and #3 are. So tough.

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