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Scarlet Seductress
Quote by sprite
ok, in the interest of fostering better relations here, please explain to me where i went wrong in this thread or which comment(s) were out of line. and no, i am not trying to be sarcastic or taking the piss out of you. i'd seriously like to know.
Some people are never happy. I wouldn't waste your time with MsTrib.
A new member asked for help coming up with a story title, a whole bunch of people chipped in with some really cool ideas, and then the member deletes her account. The reason she gave, if anyone is interested, is that 'everyone on Lush is a poser'.
And apparently that is the fault of the moderators...
*yawn*
Scarlet Seductress
Quote by marna69
Are you a judge, winner, author or reader of the competition stories???
I'm trying to figure out how the top three "On The Road" stories won the Feb/Mar 2017 writing competition. The stories certainly seemed deserving, but how were those picked.
Aside from the basics, such as grammar, spelling, story, characters, etc., interested in viewpoints on...
(a) What characteristics are present in winning stories, compared to the rest?
(b) What styles of writing are favored, and what are disliked? For example, would James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, or William Faulkner be more likely to win, assuming they dabbled in erotica. I'm assuming Hemingway's more plebian approach would be favored or the complicated sentences of Faulkner, or the dense literary allusions of Joyce, but perhaps I'm wrong.
(c) Assuming all other things are equal, to what degree does the writer's previous contributions here on Lush influence judging? Does a lot of work here help? Do high reader scores help? Do previous competitions entries help? Do previous competition victories help (or hurt) ?
(d) Aside from the obvious, what other factors help make a winner?
(e) Finally, has competition victory helped you promote yourself as an author, and if so, how did you use it?
Inquiring minds want to know!
I'll try to answer your questions as best I can.
A - Judges look for a whole range of things in stories such as plot originality, character development, realistic dialogue, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, whether or not it is sexy as fuck, etc. Basically, everything that makes a good erotic story.
B - Stylistic preferences are down purely to the individual judges. Each will have their own, I'm sure.
C - Absolutely none. Entries are judged on their own merits. Jen's link above contains a post from the site owner which explains the technical points of the selection process in detail.
D - None.
E - I can only speak for myself but I've never used a competition win or placement for promotional purposes. You might garner a few new 'followers' on the back of a competition entry however. This is more likely to be due to the fact that some people reading your entry will not have read your work before though. Competitions are a good way to discover new authors.
Scarlet Seductress
Quote by Magical_felix
It doesn't say on the profile?
I recall once I was suspended by mistake and was able to post but it said on my profile I was suspended so like every moderator from chat to story to whatever messaged me asking me how I was still posting. I am no detective... But that would imply that moderators can see on a members profile when they are suspended. I am guessing this has been changed now for some reason?
A moderator could go to a member's profile and scroll through the 'mod box' to see if a suspension is activate. I was just clearing up the point that there is no proactive notification within the moderating teams.
Scarlet Seductress
Quote by Magical_felix
Are you acting like moderators don't know when members are suspended? Is that what you are seriously saying? That's like saying moderators are either clueless nothings or you're lying...
Just for clarity's sake, what Sprite said with regards to member suspensions is correct. No notifications are disseminated among the moderating team, and not all suspensions are the result of group discussions. If I suspended someone right now, no one else would know about it unless I told them.
Dat da troof.