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Coming in February: The Sixth Annual 750 Word Project!
In 2019, author jezzaz wondered:
Is it possible to write a complete story in exactly 750 words? That's the minimum limit that Literotica will accept, and after talking among ourselves, some of the writers on Lit decided to see if we could do it. After all, it's 750 words, right? How hard could it be? It's not like editing it is going to take long, after all.
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It turns out it's harder than you might think to tell a story and have it mean anything in 750 words. But you can judge for yourself, when the fruits of our labors will be posted.
And thus, the very popular Literotica 750 Word Story Challenge was born.
This challenge gives authors a chance to play with ideas, improving their skills and (most importantly) having fun with words. Some of the challenge stories are developed into longer works. One of the reason Laurel and Manu started Literotica is as a tribute to our love of words. To see writers of all skill levels playfully enjoying this challenge (and all challenges, including the challenge of constructing any story!) makes them smile.
To accommodate the large volume of entries, participants may enter their 750-word tale any time in February.
On March 1st, the full list of all challenge stories will be posted under the Literotica account. (Follow Literotica to be notified of that and all other challenges and contests!)
This challenge is open to all - longtime Literotica authors or brand new writers, in any story category. To be a part of this challenge, you must:
The list of all participating stories will be posted on March 1st.
- Write a story that is EXACTLY 750 words by Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or Literotica Control Panel Editor count - no more, no less. Story must be 750 words EXCLUDING title, intro text, description, tags, etc. Word count includes story text only.
- Copy and paste this phrase into the Note To Admin section of the submission form: "750 WORD PROJECT". Please copy and paste this so that a typo doesn't keep your story from participating!
- Submit your story in any story category February 1st-29th.
For more information on Author-Organized Challenges, see this thread.
If you have any questions on this event, please visit The 2024 750 Word Story Challenge Support Thread.
Thank you to Duleigh for organizing this year's event.
And a big thank-you to jezzaz for creating this event, and to all the readers and writers who make this site all that it is!
- COMMENTS
Anonymous2 months ago@avidreader123 - It's just my personal opinion, but I think it would be inappropriate to put a stand alone 750 word story in that category.
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It would be a "novel" approach to post a series of 750 word chapters, but I wouldn't recommend it as I think it would kill the overall flow and the story would suffer. It's just not natural for each chapter to have even close to the same number of words. That said, if it looks good, I'd probably at least try reading it.
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Probably the best way to get a 750 Word Project entry in that category would be to write a 750 prologue and then follow up with normal sized chapters. I still think that's kind of cheating, as you aren't telling a full story. The only exception I see would be if you told a tale from "history" that was complete as the 750 word prologue before launching into the main story in a later time period.
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That said, I'm curious what others think as well.
avidreader1233 months agoHas anyone written a 750 word story for the Novel category? I was just wondering how hard it would be to pack a story that felt like it belonged in Novels into 750 words. :) Or a multi-part story where ever chapter is 750 words.
