The "Hammered - an Ode to Mickey Spillane" is back for its third year!
Hammered: An Ode to Mickey Spillane 2023
From the creator and organizer of this event
ChloeTzang
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Well guys 'n dames, writers and fans of gritty hard-boiled noir can rejoice! 2021 and 2022's "Hammered - an Ode to Mickey Spillane" events were so popular Laurel's asked me if I'd like to organize another one for 2023.
What's the theme, you need to ask? Well, it's an Ode to Mickey Spillane, so think gritty, dark, and overflowing with violence and sex in the best traditions of Spillane's Mike Hammer. Spillane knew he was writing pulp, and his guiding principle serves as the theme for this event "violence will outsell sex every time," but, "combined, they will outsell everything." Spillane's books were a huge commercial success, but their plain style and often violent content didn't tend to sit well with critics. His works were variously referred to as "atrocious" and "nauseating," while his most famous creation was called a "homicidal paranoiac" by Malcolm Cowley, who called Spillane himself "a dangerous paranoid, sadist, and masochist."
So there you go, and if you're still not sure, go read a couple of Spillane's Mike Hammer novels and go for it. Vivid descriptions. Short words. Fast transitions. Violence. Sex. Stereotyping and caricatures. Minimalism. The suggestion that allows your imagination to fill in the blanks. Like Spillane's writing. Set the scene. Switch to dialogue.
Anyhow, the intent of this event is, well, to write something that reflects Spillane's stylistic approach to writing as much as anything. Call it noir. Call it hard-boiled. Call it whatever the hell you like, guys 'n dames. I'd say, as much as anything, go for the style, the violence and the sex, but really, interpret it any way you like, and...
Have fun!
If you're a first time writer, or this is the first time you're thinking about doing a story for an "Event" or a Competition on Literotica, hey, don't be stressed about it. We've all been there, and a "story event" like this is a great way to test the waters without getting into the competitiveness of a writing competition. This ain't a competition, it's open to everyone, from the complete novice to the writers that have been here since Literotica started and really, if you need any encouragement - you have to start somewhere, so if you're still hesitating, just do it. You'll find plenty of encouragement - we all started somewhere and what better place to get started than a non-competitive writing event.
Also, there no scores, no placing, and no prizes. This is just writing for fun with a bunch of other people doing the same thing. If you're not sure about what to do, how to submit your story, or anything at all, just ask here. We've all been there, and we're a bunch of very helpful people, and we like to pass it on.
Hammered -- an Ode to Mickey Spillane 2023
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