I Want to See a Story Where...

Posted 5 years, 10 months ago (Edited 5 years, 10 months ago) by Isoprene

From the cool and awesome creator of I Want to See a Character Who... comes this thread!! It's the same thing, but for literature! Literature submissions need way more love, so why not make a thread to show them off?

So, how does the game work? Let's go through an example!

User A: I want to see a surreal story!
User B: Wake Up is a pretty surreal and abstract work of mine! I want to see a story that displays a weird character dynamic!
User C: Morning is about two OCs of mine who have very little in common, one being a pretty ordinary human and the other being some weirdo conscious of every iteration of themself across every timeline and possibility. Needless to say, their dynamic is pretty weird! I want to see a story about family!

Need more examples? No problem! Here's some examples of good and bad questions! Essentially, try not to get so specific or tricky that it's unlikely anyone will have an applicable story, especially since there are fewer literature submissions than character submissions - you're not trying to stump people, you're trying to see cool writing!:

Genre-Based:
✔️ I want to see a comedic story!  /  a horror story!  /  a romantic story!  /  a story that meshes comedy and drama!  /  a story that you can't really fit into a genre!
❌ ...a comedic cosmic horror romance story that's also dramatic! (i mean i'd SO read that but it's a little too specific)

Content Based:
✔️ I want to see a story about a character's internal struggles!  /  where the characters are escaping from somewhere!  /  where someone dies!  /  involving sealife!
❌ ...where the main character can't choose between playing Fortnite and making a snow angel!  /  where the characters are breaking out of SPECIFICALLY a cardboard box labeled "gay baby jail!"  /  where someone gets killed by choking on a banana!  /  involving Turritopsis dohrnii!

Setting-Based:
✔️ I want to see a story that takes place on modern-day Earth!  /  that takes place underwater!  /  that takes place at night!  /  that takes place in the afterlife!
❌ ...that takes place in Canada in the year 1729!  /  that takes place somewhere deep within the Pacific Ocean!  /  that takes place at 3:13 AM!  /  where the Grim Reaper sighs at the MC having choked to death on a banana!

Character-Based:
✔️ I want to see a story involving demons!  /  about a family!  /  where the MC is a total jerk!  /  featuring a Pokemon gijinka!
❌ ...involving (insert specific closed species here)  /  about a family that's 12 people large!  /  where the MC trips an old lady!  /  featuring a Pachirisu gijinka!

Misc:
✔️ I want to see some poetry!  /  a story you wrote over 5 years ago!  /  a story you're really proud of!  /  a story with over 10,000 words!
❌ ...poetry written in iambic pentameter!  /  a story you wrote over 15 years ago!  /  a story with over 10 favs!  /  a story with over 500,000 words!

If you have questions on whether your question is too specific/difficult or not, feel free to send me a PM and I'll let you know! If you're worried, you can include a 6-hour condition so that you can post your request without holding the thread up for too long if it ends up being too obscure! For example:

  • I want to see a story that's under 500 words! If 6 hours pass, under 1,000 words is fine!
  • I want to see a story involving a rabbit kemonomimi! If 6 hours pass, any kemonomimi is fine!
  • I want to see a story taking place on Mars! If 6 hours pass, any non-Earth planet is fine, even if it's a made-up planet!

In fact, some of the "bad" questions above would be acceptable as long as a 6-hour condition was included! It's a useful tool, so if you're even a little unsure about your request it's a good thing to include!

If this thread goes on without any posts for 12 hours, anyone can go ahead and move the thread along with an entirely new request!

Rules:

  • I know the title says "story," but any kind of submission is welcome here! Oneshots, novels, collections, poems... if you can submit it, it counts! You can even link to individual chapters!

  • Please don't issue a new request before the last post's timestamp has reached that point, even if it's at 11 hours and 30 minutes! Same thing with the 6-hour conditions!

  • Don't skip over people! If you do on accident, make your request that of the person you skipped so they can still get their answer!

  • Be nice and don't ask rude/passive-aggressive/ questions like "(previous request) but better than what the last poster wrote" or "a story better than my crappy story" or "a story you regret writing" and stuff like that.

  • Don't ask for NSFW content, like sexual requests or requests that are gory/especially violent in nature. It's okay for your answer to be a story that's 18+ as long as your story has the proper content warnings applied, but don't ask for these things. If anyone wants to make an 18+ thread I'll link it, though!

  • Don't ask for things like stories about someone committing a hate crime, where a child gets abused, that's full of homophobia, containing incest, etc.; like above it's okay if the stories responded with contain said content - not every character's backstory is pretty, after all - but it's kinda weird and uncomfortable for everyone to have someone specifically ask to see that kind of thing, y'know?

  • If your request goes unanswered, don't come in after 12 hours and ask the same thing again right away! If you want to try again, try and wait at least a week or so.

If you see someone violating the rules or frequently issuing requests that seem designed to trip the thread up, contact me so I can send them a warning! If they continue to violate the rules, I'll block them so they can't access the thread. If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to PM me or leave a comment on my profile!

With that, let's get this party started!

I want to see a story where someone makes a bet!

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Isoprene

Raddishes OH NO I didn't see that during my skim, that's really embarrassing!! Thanks for letting me know! And I spent like an hour on that OP and everything and was halfway through a bulletin... clench... reading is hard

Phoenix-Hallows

Hope this is okay, but bump because I'd love to see stories since I don't write my own but love reading them

zeta-male

Phoenix-Hallows try this thread that got some more action :) (or just here if everything in that thread is old and deleted haha)

vv Yeah they do not fare the best </3 Sneaking in a plug for this thread if you need more wehehe

Phoenix-Hallows

zeta-male Ah thank you! Shame that story games don't seem to be as popular, sticking to random literature it is bahaha 💜

allseeinghelga

man i love writing related threads! here's a story i wrote way back about one of my characters making a bet in a gambling game as well as sort of confronting his past,, really hope this thread comes alive :-D


I'd like to see a story where a character is alone thinking!

MeowMeow422

I think this fits? Lots of introspection. The chara isn't alone for long—tho they may as well be

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A sweet, soft story? Literally just wanna see a fluff piece lol

Venith Tobette Isoprene

FWIW the closed account just beneath the OP was someone pointing out a similar thread existed already (which zeta-male linked), hence why I let this one die off! HOWEVER it seems like that one's fallen into inactivity, so I'm not opposed to resurrecting this thread! I think the other one struggled a bit without a rule to move past a prompt it was stuck on, so maybe this one will have a little better luck? Only one way to find out!

Here's a fluff piece for you! It's a super short little story about my girlfriend and I's OCs being in love with each other almost as much as us!!

I want to see a story involving water! Whether it's underwater, on the sea, has someone use water magic, or, hell, someone just drinks a glass of water in it, I wanna see it!

DesDraws

In Due Time is super short but it's all about a character sitting on the pier and thinking, so it works!


I want to see an action story!! Get those characters' blood pumping, their hearts racing!! (Otherwise, anything with a Lot of Tension would also be great!)

PainterFight

DesDraws hey I think you skipped the above request? (Skip me!)

DesDraws

PainterFight no i didn't? i linked a story involving water how the person above asked 😭😭unless i missed something...? /gen

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AnnaDreamurr

I actually just made one 3 days ago!! A Cold Visit is a story apart of my Proving My Sanity lore. Its about my main character Ivan talking with his psychiatrist, though that day, the doctor seemed a bit off.

I wanna see some kind of dystopia story!! Show me your broken worlds!! If not, a sad backstory is fine lol

Zanzibar MeowMeow422

I think Zanzibar's backstory is pretty tragic. But you be the judge of that!

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Can I see any poems here?

If not, maybe something with romance! Can be fluffy, angsty, dark, whatever