Authors : What are you working on?

Quote by WannabeWordsmith

Competition entries have to be new pieces, not rewrites of existing published content.

I think the comp entry and the rewriting old stories are separate items. At least that's how I read it.

Quote by Seeker4

I think the comp entry and the rewriting old stories are separate items. At least that's how I read it.

Ah okay. I thought maybe they were connected.

There's no rule against rewrites but since it doesn't notify followers of the resubmission and retains its original publication date, you may wish to find a way to inform people who have read it that it's been revamped.

Quote by WannabeWordsmith
There's no rule against rewrites but since it doesn't notify followers of the resubmission and retains its original publication date, you may wish to find a way to inform people who have read it that it's been revamped.

Yeah, if I was doing a serious rewrite, I'd probably do a promo thread, profile post, etc. just as if it were a new story since it won't hit the front page. And, really, I might just take it down and repost as new if the rewrite was really drastic. Most of mine in the past weren't big enough to bother, though. Fixing weird inconsistencies and other glitchy things like that rather than wholesale overhauls.

Quote by JourneyYoung

I've started working on my sequel to my "Naked!" story ...

I've been kind of "meh" about it, though. I think the concept of the story is good, but it is almost more slice-of-life with occasional sex than what I'd call a sexy romp. It's also funny because some of my other stories I will just write and be like "how do I already have 6,000 words" and on this one I'll write a chapter and be like "how am I only at 2500 words?" It's weird. I feel like I'm having to stretch out chapters and that doesn't feel very good.

So I did a whole new fleshed out outline for the chapters in this story and I've done, more or less, a re-write of the first six (was seven) chapters, some getting a slight facelift while others were pretty much gutted. I feel a lot better about where that story is now and my plan for writing through it in the future. Yay!

My competition entry is up, so I'm turning back to my attempt to win the omnium badge. I've got a cross-dressing scenario I really like, but I just realised I'm at nearly 3000 words and no-one has got laid yet, even if the bedroom door has just closed! I think I need to get to the point a bit faster with this one!

nothing too exciting. i am working on my comp entry like a lot of you are. I scrubbed the first one and started over and I am pleased with it so far. the basic outline is all sketched out and I am about 4.5k word into the rough draft. it's going to end up in the bdsm category and I already have a cover image for it. besides that I have a new Mrs Vandermeer chapter that I've been playing with for about... oh, 5 years now? lol and a new Alice chapter that I've been working on for a few months and I really want to get back to writing for Space girl again.

A lot. Some is for another account, so I won't be revealing those. But for this name; A trans story, a satirical generic high school story about a big titty, fat ass cheerleading captain having a thing with the big dicked nerd. A LitRPG that might just be saved for the market, unless I can shorten it. When those are done, I also have a layout for two erotic converted Appalachian horror stories, and a story about a slave owners daughter who lust for the strongest field slave. This sites too sensitive for that one and the trans story. I also have a layout to finish for basically a book two of something I wrote, that I need to see if it'll fly here. If it does, then I'll publish it here, too.

I'm slowly fleshing out my comp entry - though I'm not sure it will make it as an entry. I'm struggling to add some spice and sexual tension or action, without it jarring the storyline.

BUT - as a distraction I went back and revised (again) my micro fiction story about an impossibly beautiful girl and the guy who lusts desperately after he in their coffee shop. Its a short piece of fun, and I hope you enjoy it

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/soy-milk-latte-the-coffee-shop

my entry for the comp. i'm really enjoying writing it despite the fact that I'm pretty sure it's not gonna end up on the podium.

Have a story on the go but it is threatening to stall as I debate the identity of a major character. She starts as a mystery but the point of the story is to resolve that mystery. No, this is not going to be a comp entry. It is not that kind of mystery. More about identity and escaping or embracing one's past and origins.

With my comp entry done and published and my 99th story about to be sent for moderation, I am turning my attention to my 100th story. My first story was published exactly two years ago. I feel that for my 100th story, it needs to be a standalone, something different, and in a new genre... but I'm still deciding on which one! 😊

I'm working on a fantasy I have, that revolves around two submissive girls, one of whom is myself, who have to go through a series of challenges for their Dom. The challenges all revolve around making the other girl cum first, without cumming themselves, so it becomes a struggle to see which girl can outlast and withhold their orgasm the longest, while the other girl is desperately trying to make them cum.

The next chapter in my Midlife Renewal series has been stalled for months. Not quite writer's block, though I'm stuck a little on the exact choreography, but it's just hard to find enough IRL time to concentrate on a story and make it good.

On that note, I am spending some serious time writing this week, finally motivated to submit a Whodunnit competition entry. Got my first draft done on Sunday or so. Sure, by the second or third draft I had a story that flowed reasonably well and was (I think) sexy. But man ... that is about a tenth of the effort that's really needed, compared to all the rereading, revising and rewriting. There isn't a word that doesn't get my eyeballs on it twenty times. It really is time-consuming, especially for the high standard of a competition. I still don't feel like it's ready yet, with only two days left, but I still hope to ... uh, squeeze it in.

Edit (8 hours later): published! Grilling the Suspects