Announcing our Simulation competition

I have one scene. 220 words. It's a start.

Quote by Ensorceled

I have one scene. 220 words. It's a start.

#winning

Quote by Ensorceled

I have one scene. 220 words. It's a start.

Or one very long run on sentence lol

Quote by sprite

Or one very long run on sentence lol

I always put in the punctuation last.

I’m in. And sorry, I’m sure you all wanted to use penguins in your story, but I did it first. 🐧 🤣🤣

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/fantasy-sci-fi/pamela-pets-a-penguin

Quote by KimmiBeGood

I’m in. And sorry, I’m sure you all wanted to use penguins in your story, but I did it first. 🐧 🤣🤣

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/fantasy-sci-fi/pamela-pets-a-penguin

And you iced it with them

This is a great excuse for me to write that text adventure spoof that's been in the back of my head; present tense and second-person POV have never felt so easy! I wrote 1800 words of funny non-sex stuff over the past 24 hours, then wrote one sentence of sex and decided to take a break. 😅

After throwing my hand in, earlier than I normally would, I'm working my way through the entries so far. Some wildly inventive approaches to the competition theme. Looking forward to more landing.

Quote by KimmiBeGood

I’m in. And sorry, I’m sure you all wanted to use penguins in your story, but I did it first. 🐧 🤣🤣

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/fantasy-sci-fi/pamela-pets-a-penguin

I'm going to see penguins in a few weeks but had never thought of using them in a story, least of all for here.

Ladies and gentleman, we have a plot! (Just no words yet).

Quote by Ensorceled

Ladies and gentleman, we have a plot! (Just no words yet).

If you want some positive vibes, Ensorceled, you are way ahead of me. I'm hoping to take my first real look at this comp by the middle of the week, so currently, no ideas and definitely no words... 😳😈

862 words drafted Thursday night. Will re-read tomorrow and compare to outline and see how to proceed.

Quote by CarltonStJames

862 words drafted Thursday night. Will re-read tomorrow and compare to outline and see how to proceed.

Great to hear, Carlton. I'm looking forward to reading it.

Quote by Piquet

Great to hear, Carlton. I'm looking forward to reading it.

How is yours coming, Piquet?

Quote by Chet_Morton

This is a great excuse for me to write that text adventure spoof that's been in the back of my head; present tense and second-person POV have never felt so easy! I wrote 1800 words of funny non-sex stuff over the past 24 hours, then wrote one sentence of sex and decided to take a break. 😅

I finished my story last night, at over 5600 words, then hacked away at the unnecessary stuff to get it down to 4997. Now I need to read through it for a final cleanup. It's a quirky format, and I think the story is clever and fun, but it could fall flat with anyone under age 45. Only one way to find out!

I'm going to write a story where I enter this competition and win first, second and third prizes. That way, when the real winners are announced, they'll think they are in an alternate reality.

Quote by Chet_Morton
it could fall flat with anyone under age 45

I'm a fossil on the wrong side of that cut-off, and remember the old text adventures. Audience of 1 guaranteed.

Quote by WannabeWordsmith

I'm a fossil on the wrong side of that cut-off, and remember the old text adventures. Audience of 1 guaranteed.

Make that 2, the only technical hitch being I need to write my own entry first! 😳😈

Just published! No matter your age, if you enjoyed text adventures / interactive fiction back in the day, I hope you'll enjoy Madame Ovary’s Pleasure Palace On Easy Street.

Quote by wxt55uk

Make that 2, the only technical hitch being I need to write my own entry first! 😳😈

Audience of three. I'm solidly in this camp. I just wrote a thing about cassette tapes!

Okay. A thousand words in. I'm giving this story one week to get its shit together.

I'm in! Wife Hacking is a little postapocalyptic love story of humans coming together with the help of voyeuristic robots on an Iowa farm. VR sex, bot-assisted remote sex, voyeurism and in-person human sex are all here.

Which of these kinds of sex is best? Go with the Iowa Farm Girl. Always.

I've got a couple ideas, but not sure if they actually fit the theme. What's the best way to find out if they fit?

The way I’m interpreting the brief, it sounds like it’s pretty wide open as long as you include simulated sex. Read the contest page as thoroughly as you can. If you have any specific questions about whether an idea qualifies, this thread may be as good a place to ask ask any.

I'm about halfway through writing my entry, and the way I read Jen's brief does seem to suggest it is pretty wide open as to what meets the contest criteria. 😊

While trying not to give away the plot to my story. 🙄... I believe you could write a story on just about anything and close with the line, "Then he/she woke up, and it was all an erotic dream," and it would meet the brief and win you a "Simulation Contest Badge." Though almost certainly not the contest! 🤣😈

Then again, I "might" be wrong! 😲🤣

I'm 479 words in, and finally know where I'm going.

It's a complicated story, and it's going to be a challenge making it all work, but at least I can see it all in my mind now.

I have no idea how many words it'll be, but I'm enjoying the ride so far.

Or at least … I'm SIMULATING that knowing what I'm doing!

Quote by wxt55uk
Then he/she woke up, and it was all an erotic dream

Ha. Don't get any ideas. We're not above issuing spankings for lame Dallas-style endings.

Quote by WannabeWordsmith

Ha. Don't get any ideas. We're not above issuing spankings for lame Dallas-style endings.

Hey you! Yes, you, MasterWordsmith!

Seeing Bobby magically reappear naked in the shower after mourning him for so long was the highlight of my high school year.

Now, you get the spanking!

Quote by KimmiBeGood
Now, you get the spanking!

Yes, Sue-Ellen. Of course.

Quote by KimmiBeGood
Seeing Bobby magically reappear naked in the shower after mourning him for so long was the highlight of my high school year.

LOL. A lot of people talk about jumping the shark (from a Happy Days episode) but coming out of the shower would be another good term for a series going off the rails, eh. The producers and writers were really hard up to play that card.

I have an idea but not sure where it goes. And it's one of my quiet, slightly melancholy romances and I really need to write something wacky and over-the-top here to get my head of a rut it's in.