I've finally made it in with Ho For The Holidays.

Read two entries thus far after submitting earlier and planning to read more. Fun stuff so far.

Lipton tea.

Have to get my glasses fixed.

If I should self-barber Christmas Eve or Christmas morning so it's fresher.

Editing my comp story will be more tedious due to a tool I use, the websites currently unavailable.

A lot of other miscellaneous shit.

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That a hint? Is some going to flash the county tax assessor in your story? That could make for an original entry, and you would know how to make it spicy.

Pfft, I wish.

The way it's looking, revising the sex may be the only way to get this draft within the threshold. Didn't want to do it, but time's running low.

Son of a Bitch 😔.

My draft is still over 1000 words. Less than 100 words to cut, but Jesus. This is rather... taxing.

Hi all,

Hope you're all well. Throughout all the logic holes I tried to fill(phrasing) in my draft, I fucking forgot to mention fucking Christmas, lol.

Sigh.

So I have to enter it somewhere so it doesn't seem forced or whatever, then I can finally get to editing. Ha, funnily enough, the draft originally ended between 900 to 1000 words, but after filling in logic holes, it's 1250 to 1350 words now. I can already feel my irritation with this entry rising as I have never been that far over in a comp draft before.

A novel named News Of The World.

Not too long finished chicken stew with rice and green split peas. About to dig in too.

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i mean, you know me. when is reading ANY story of mine while really stoned NOT a good idea?

For anyone who hasn't, being stoned while reading fiction is a beautiful experience. The theater of your mind goes into overdrive. I will definitely be reading sprite's submission that way.

Got 900+ words for my draft and close to the story's end, but stopped due to how to logically explain certain happenings within. If I can figure out this logic hole and fill it(phrasing) then I can just worry about editing during the week.

A cooling rack. Used it yesterday to let my breaded swordfish rest and then after it was fried.

Struggling with ideas myself, lol. I have to pick one and do the draft this weekend because I take ages to edit and need to leave room for that.

My fear is writing a story that feels too rushed because of the word limit.

Congratulations to all contenders!

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Congratulations, everyone!

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Lentil Peas with rice and lamb stew.

I overheard my neighbour's wife a few years back while I was having a late supper. Sounded like she was having a great time.

My neighbours probably heard me with my ex a few times. One time especially when I went full beast when I nutted. She poked fun at me for the rest of that day for them probably being traumatised 😭💀.

I don't have the link to it now as I'm on my phone but I like to use an online tool that goes through your twenty most frequently used words, 2-word phrases and 3-word phrases. That helps reduce frequency during a single story at least, combined with googling synonyms like Ensorceled mentioned.

Reading novels helps in that area as well, inspiring how you approach certain descriptions and such.

Green/Yellow split peas and rice with Goat stew. My stomach is quite satisfied 😌.

Penne Pasta, potatoes with broccoli and fried swordfish.

Only similarity between me and DMX is that we're both black, have deep voices and shave our heads. Otherwise, nada.

Probably Lamb stew a couple of times.

Megan Thee Stallion.

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Shit makes you feel like a pornstar. You have to be prepared for how ugly your face is going to look, though 🤣.

Here's to a speedy recovery, man.

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I'm gonna need this story. 😏

Now you have my overactive imagination running 😲.

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Why does she look so hot and badass simultaneously while just doing something so simple? Like she's a crime boss or something.

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Hi Rumpies

This mornin’, Kimmi pimpin’… Kimmi! 😎

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/deviating-desires

I was able to clear the noise in my head for 5 minutes to write 100 words. And I actually like those words. I love the challenge to try and tell a full story within 100 words. It ain’t easy for me.

I’ll take some donuts now, please.

This story was excellent!

My goals have evolved since 2020 when I joined. Initially, I wanted to feel out how people would respond to the three or so stories I already completed and shared here. Before that, those were shared amongst peers, but I had a craving for a bigger, anonymous audience.

I then wanted to gain a RR. First comp story I did surprised me with that achievement. Then I wanted to pen a series, but make it something with a sense of peril. Did that with How Did We Even Get Here? Like I literally thought, "What would publishing a series that has a TV feel like something on Showtime get over?" Yep.

Then I desired making a comp top ten, but doubted my abilities. Early 2022 resolved that.

I then wanted to see if more RRs were possible to prove the first wasn't a fluke. My first top ten resolved that too. Then last year, I was shocked to earn another two.

Since then, I wanted to publish another series, which happened this year. I thought about how much my writing would need to improve to earn an EP. Thought it impossible, then the last comp happened 😳.

I still have a lingering goal of attaining a Prolific badge, but that is on the backburner. My current goal is to have 16 stories finished and ready so that I can publish twice weekly for a 2 month period. This is why I won't be publishing single stories for a while unless they're comp entries. I figured releasing in batches rather than a single every few months would be more beneficial to me in the long run.

I am curious to how much more my goals will evolve.

EDIT: Almost forgot, another I had and still have is writing unhinged female characters. I love them in regular fiction - quite liked Gillian Flynn's representation of them in her books I've read, so wanted a go at them too. My Valentine comp story from last year is probably my favourite outing on that front.