Fifteen writers entered the eighth round – the quarter finals – when they received the assignment on 19 August. It seemed easy enough, but the challenge was to change a seemingly simple assignment into a story that will capture your reader’s attention. You, as the Read More
Smut Relay Part 8: Becoming Eleanor by May More
Continued from Smut Relay Part 7: Living Doll by Posy Churchgate As Eleanor’s blouse fell to the floor Jay slapped the left side of her breast. “Fuck Elly, you are smouldering. Your sister may be beautiful but it would be hard for any slut Read More
Smut Relay Part 7 : Living Doll by Posy Churchgate
Continued from Smut Relay part 6: Sisters by Hannah Lockhardt Elly tried to shake herself free of memories which might cloud her judgement. As far as Jay knew they’d embarked on this elaborate plan purely to lure her rich, crass and selfish husband Richard Read More
Smut Marathon 2018: Results round 7
Round 7 is the first round of the Smut Marathon where writers receiving the least points (jury and public combined) are knocked out of the Smut Marathon. Since only 15 writers go through to round eight (which officially is the quarter final), it means that Read More
Smut Relay Part 6: Sisters by Hannah Lockhardt
Continued from Smut Relay Part 5 – A Curved Blade by Molly Moore Eleanor’s Grandfather was a butcher – a small, stocky Greek man with the biggest smile and the shortest fuse. From him she had learnt and taken to heart the necessity of keeping Read More
Smut Marathon 2018: Voting Round #7
We have reached the seventh voting round of the Smut Marathon 2018, and the first round where we don’t work with a points classification anymore, but where writers with the least points (jury and public combined) at the end of this voting round, will be Read More
Smut Relay Part 5: A Curved Blade by Molly Moore
Continued from Smut Relay Part 4 – Reasons by Hyacinth Jones Eleanor sat at the nose of the boat. The sound of the sails fluttering in the warm breeze fitted perfectly with the noise of the hull as it cut through the water. It Read More
Facial Expressions
A big part of your writing is building your character. Part of that is not only where your character lives or what kind of work he does, but also his facial expressions in certain circumstances. Does he furrow his brow even when he’s not upset Read More
Smut Relay Part 4: Reasons by Hyacinth Jones
Continued from Smut Relay Part 3 – Decisions, Decisions by Violet Fawkes Jay and Elly froze and watched Richard grip the bars thinking hard, calculating. “Ok. You’ll get your money.” *** Richard liked to think of himself as a good person. He gave old Read More
Replace ‘Looks/Seems Like’
We are always looking for ways to make our writing stronger, and more dynamic. One thing you can do is to replace ‘looks like’ or ‘seems like’ with other words to change the sentence structure to something more active. Below you will find words you Read More