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The latest prompt is up. http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...otivations-Getting-Even&p=9521378#post9521378
And here is the preceding prompt (I forgot to post it): http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?308778-2015-Practice-7-12-Motivations-Getting-the-Reward
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And here is the preceding prompt (I forgot to post it): http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?308778-2015-Practice-7-12-Motivations-Getting-the-Reward
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Hi, I'm Ann and I write erotic romance. I'd love to participate in some of these challenges to get feedback and grow in my craft. How do I get the password to join the thread?
I'm so far past 21 it's a joke...48 if you must know. LOL
I'm so far past 21 it's a joke...48 if you must know. LOL
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Welcome to our not-all-that-exclusive club! The way to get the password is to ask MacAllister or AW Admin for it, telling them you're over 21 (by just the eensiest bit).
The reason we now have you ask either the site's owner or administrator is that some silly person posted the former password right in a public thread. So once you have it, please don't do that. (I suspect you wouldn't have.)
BTW, once you have that password, you can also critique erotica at Erotica - Share Your Work as well as participate or lurk at The Blue Light District where erotica authors socialize and occasionally talk shop. We like new people, so I hope you'll say hi.
Maryn, glad to meet you
The reason we now have you ask either the site's owner or administrator is that some silly person posted the former password right in a public thread. So once you have it, please don't do that. (I suspect you wouldn't have.)
BTW, once you have that password, you can also critique erotica at Erotica - Share Your Work as well as participate or lurk at The Blue Light District where erotica authors socialize and occasionally talk shop. We like new people, so I hope you'll say hi.
Maryn, glad to meet you
Welcome. I'm hoping I can learn from you, because my erotica leans toward the romantic (and my romance leans toward the erotic).
Sadly, the next two prompts might not be that suitable for a romantic, unless you thought 50 Shades of Gray was romantic. I'm struggling with them. But if you aren't inspired by those, go back and critique some of the previous entries, or submit a late entry of your own.
Sadly, the next two prompts might not be that suitable for a romantic, unless you thought 50 Shades of Gray was romantic. I'm struggling with them. But if you aren't inspired by those, go back and critique some of the previous entries, or submit a late entry of your own.
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The next prompt is up: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...-Punishment-(using-sex)&p=9538383#post9538383
Do, please, participate!
Do, please, participate!
Yep! I think we're only averaging a few responses per challenge, but Scott Cole has been very reliable about posting the prompts (about every two weeks), and people have been responding (I, personally, have been slacking off a bit due to getting a new job recently, but I'm still making an effort).
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{I'm listening, if anyone has ideas or suggestions about promoting this activity, or other practice threads for erotica in 2016, or, well, anything to get those who'd like to give it a try moving in that direction.}
Well, I would personally love it if we continued this after we finish going through the end of prompt list, because I'm a little sad that I missed the earlier ones when they were done a year or two ago. I was hoping we could either start from the beginning or come up with new challenges.
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If everyone would like to start the challenges from the beginning, we can do that. Otherwise, feel free to resurrect any of the old prompts and post your piece. I know there is a rule against resurrecting long-dead posts, but I think this is a special case, and I am willing to read anything that gets posted under the previous prompts.
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The most recent prompt is now up: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...eginning-Middle-and-End&p=9560030#post9560030
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The next prompt is up. Let's have some fun!
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...torytelling-Transitions&p=9583877#post9583877
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The next prompt is up!
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...ling-Feeding-Your-Story&p=9608203#post9608203
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Were down to the last two prompts. The next one is up: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...Storytelling-Plot-Holes&p=9648188#post9648188
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We are down to the last prompt of 2015. Here it is: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...ing-Tying-All-the-Knots&p=9673638#post9673638
How does a person get on the Share Your Work? Is this one of those you can't achieve until you hit 50 posts? I am definitely an erotica writer. There would be whole chapters that would need to be removed from my MS to 'clean' it up 
I would be interested in being part of this prompt. Maybe give me a few more ideas . . . or just flush out ones already there.
I would be interested in being part of this prompt. Maybe give me a few more ideas . . . or just flush out ones already there.
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Hi. I am not an administrator, but I believe the answer in the past has been that these challenges are exempt from the 50 post rule, since you are technically replying to a thread, not starting one. You do need a password, which you can get by PMing an administrator.
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Grace, we're pleased to meet you--hi!--but this is not the place to put calls for manuscripts. Please take the time to look around a bit, and you'll find our Paying Marketsboard and the requirements for posting there.
I'd appreciate it if you'd edit your post to make it connected to this thread's subject, erotica writing practice, rather than where to market it when it's complete. Thanks in advance--and I look forward to getting better acquainted.
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I'd appreciate it if you'd edit your post to make it connected to this thread's subject, erotica writing practice, rather than where to market it when it's complete. Thanks in advance--and I look forward to getting better acquainted.
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