Letters And Numbers:

Time for something new to write about. I figured we'd make it simple and do a holiday story for December. Doesn't have to be Christmas or Hanukkah, doesn't even have to be a winter holiday. Make it up, play with the idea, or do something about getting stuffed by the Christmas tree -- sky's the limit.

As always, under 5,000 words is a nice target, but write whatever feels good.

If you're going to participate, please post in the thread and link to the story so people can read it and give feedback. Please keep critiques constructive, but please do critique! You all write amazing stuff and it's important to be recognized.

If you feel stuck and want to brainstorm, feel free to use the thread to chat.

The rules of the event are the same as always:

1) In addition to being about weight gain or body positivity, stay on the monthly theme, which should be easy because the topics will be very wide and open to interpretation.
2) Try to stick to something under 5,000 words, but if the muse overtakes you, that's great, too!
3) Post in the thread! Let us know if you're playing, have questions, want to chat, and when you have a story to share. Post a link!
4) Just like with all the stories on this site, zero characterizations of minors are allowed. Hate and bigotry have no place in this event.
5) Feedback by authors and readers is very welcome, but keep it constructive. All different skill levels of writers are encouraged to participate, so I ask everyone to be helpful and encouraging. If you've never given (or received) constructive criticism for creative writing before, here's a short essay that could be helpful: marykole.com/constructive-criticism

Happy writing and happy holidays!

Letters And Numbers:
Wisteria


Pale wisteria hangs
Soft violet almost fleshlike in the shade
Slack, heavy
A lover’s form. Posing
It’s spring when all is in its fullness
All winter preparing to blossom, now in bloom

Sex will take her into summer
Work her
Lose the ripened curves
Some of them

Leanness comes later but those are cold days
Now she’s heavy and warm and shaking in the breeze

So with that out of the way, the THEME OF THIS MONTH IS:




➡️ "There was nothing left of the money except..." ⬅️



Ok, start writing!

Letters And Numbers:


Ok, new writing game for everyone. Between now and the end of the month, the challenge is for all of the great writers on this board to create original stories or poetry on a common theme. Sometimes it will be a shared story starter, sometimes the same first sentence, and I'm sure we'll come up with other ideas as we go.

The only rules are:

1) In addition to being about weight gain or body positivity, stay on the monthly theme, which should be easy because the topics will be very wide and open to interpretation.
2) Try to stick to something under 5,000 words, but if the muse overtakes you, that's great, too!
3) Post in the thread! Let us know if you're playing, have questions, want to chat, and when you have a story to share. Post a link!
4) Just like with all the stories on this site, zero characterizations of minors are allowed. Hate and bigotry have no place in this event.
5) Feedback by authors and readers is very welcome, but keep it constructive. All different skill levels of writers are encouraged to participate, so I ask everyone to be helpful and encouraging. If you've never given (or received) constructive criticism for creative writing before, here's a short essay that could be helpful: www.marykole.com/constructive-criticism



So with that out of the way, the THEME OF THIS MONTH IS:




➡️ "There was nothing left of the money except..." ⬅️



Ok, start writing!

Hiccupx:
Yes, we do allow authors of premium stories to use AI, since it's just another tool in the box, like spelling or grammar checkers.



LoraDayton:
Grammar and spellcheck already existed long before mass-market access to AI.

AI isn't a grammar tool. It can only function by scraping existing writing created by other humans. Even if you clean it up after, it is still theft. It's not reinterpretation or meta or research. AI is theft of work. AI cannot exist without a reserve of existing material. That's literally how it works.

You're absolutely right that there is no shortcut to sincere creativity, but it's mutually exclusive to AI generated writing.

Battybattybattybat:
There's a bot that scrapes these very profiles and stories (though I believe it can only access the first page) on this very site. Our words are being used for AI guys, we should feel honored. 😘

Morbido:
I want to assure you all that I don't steal stories or plots from the writers on this site. I solely rely on my imagination for the narratives, occasionally drawing inspiration from stories I've read over the years on this site. Moreover, I use AI text generators, though it's quite a challenge to make them as weirdo as our community when it comes to the theme of weight gain.

This is a passion project for me, something I wouldn't pursue if I weren't genuinely passionate about this genre of storytelling.

Hiccupx:
Yes, we do allow authors of premium stories to use AI, since it's just another tool in the box, like spelling or grammar checkers.



LoraDayton:
Grammar and spellcheck already existed long before mass-market access to AI.

AI isn't a grammar tool. It can only function by scraping existing writing created by other humans. Even if you clean it up after, it is still theft. It's not reinterpretation or meta or research. AI is theft of work. AI cannot exist without a reserve of existing material. That's literally how it works.

You're absolutely right that there is no shortcut to sincere creativity, but it's mutually exclusive to AI generated writing.