I originally wrote my first story 'Stan' way back in 2002 one weekend, when bored, for shits and giggles, and out of curiosity to see if I could get it published in the readers writes section of a 'mens mag'.
Well, fuck me, did they not go and publish it (with a lot of changes, mind you). Buoyed with much amusement, I looked elsewhere to post Stan, and this was one of the few sites that I decided to try my hand in. 'Stan' did...alright... being (briefly) the best story of the week and hitting a score of something stupid like 9.8 out of ten. I thought things could be improved and re-wrote Stan, added a bit and re-issued it, at which point the score dive bombed. Lesson learned. Sometimes it's best to leave shit alone.
But the beast was unleashed and I wanted to try something else. So it was fitting that with the beast unleashed, that the next attempt would be a bit more animalistic. Literally. 'Kirsty' woofed her way into the mid nines as well. Good doggy.
Now the race was on to see if I could write bonkers stories so out of my comfort zone that they weren't actually any fun to write. And they did alright as well. Surprisingly.
Things were slowly starting to get a bit out of hand and then Lazeez decided to do a bit of score re-factoring, and all my scores dropped like a stone (Thanks Lazeez!!!).
So even though readers vote some of my stories into the 9's or upper eights, they are recorded as 6's (even if the lowest story score voted is a 7!). This, apparently, is because the final displayed score is an aggregate of the average scores scored across the site at the time.... Okaaayyy...
I lost interest at the time and buggered off to do other things. Out of curiosity, I popped back every now and then and posted stories under other pseudonyms to see if the scores matched that of my main nom-de-whats-its-face. Which they did.
I like writing, God knows why, as I was crap at it in school, or at least, I was on the days where I actually turned up.
After a hiatus of 12 years or so I seem to be back. I would like to think, that in the intervening years, my writing ability has improved . However, evidence has proved to the contrary...LOL
Anyhow, I raise my keyboard to Lazeez and this awesome site which I just can't stay away from. Here's to many more years of dubious literary output.
Well, fuck me, did they not go and publish it (with a lot of changes, mind you). Buoyed with much amusement, I looked elsewhere to post Stan, and this was one of the few sites that I decided to try my hand in. 'Stan' did...alright... being (briefly) the best story of the week and hitting a score of something stupid like 9.8 out of ten. I thought things could be improved and re-wrote Stan, added a bit and re-issued it, at which point the score dive bombed. Lesson learned. Sometimes it's best to leave shit alone.
But the beast was unleashed and I wanted to try something else. So it was fitting that with the beast unleashed, that the next attempt would be a bit more animalistic. Literally. 'Kirsty' woofed her way into the mid nines as well. Good doggy.
Now the race was on to see if I could write bonkers stories so out of my comfort zone that they weren't actually any fun to write. And they did alright as well. Surprisingly.
Things were slowly starting to get a bit out of hand and then Lazeez decided to do a bit of score re-factoring, and all my scores dropped like a stone (Thanks Lazeez!!!).
So even though readers vote some of my stories into the 9's or upper eights, they are recorded as 6's (even if the lowest story score voted is a 7!). This, apparently, is because the final displayed score is an aggregate of the average scores scored across the site at the time.... Okaaayyy...
I lost interest at the time and buggered off to do other things. Out of curiosity, I popped back every now and then and posted stories under other pseudonyms to see if the scores matched that of my main nom-de-whats-its-face. Which they did.
I like writing, God knows why, as I was crap at it in school, or at least, I was on the days where I actually turned up.
After a hiatus of 12 years or so I seem to be back. I would like to think, that in the intervening years, my writing ability has improved . However, evidence has proved to the contrary...LOL
Anyhow, I raise my keyboard to Lazeez and this awesome site which I just can't stay away from. Here's to many more years of dubious literary output.
