Write a Sequel: Challenge Results

The results of the current "Write a Sequel" story challenge are here. We're displaying them all, so it's quite a large page. The stories are different and the styles are different. This page lets the authors see and understand how their story affected a readership where another author's story might not have. So this is a positive feedback they are all getting

Best of all, it acts as an encouragement to write more.

Individual story ratings

This is what we have always done. It lets the author see how well they met the brief, according to their readership. There can be very little vanity here! The answers are here, warts 'n all!

For your convenience the stories are linked from the head of each results poll

Full entrants

The full entrants were all submitted before the closing date of the challenge. You may need to refresh the page to force the poll results to update in order to see the absolute latest status. But you knew that anyway, didn't you?

Fête or Fate

Please rate Fête or Fate with the impressions it left you with
Either while reading this story, or afterwards, I found it to be/had/made me (Tick all that apply) [32 votes total]

Romantic (8)  25%
Erotic (5)  15%
Sweet (22)  68%
Gentle (11)  34%
Surprising (17)  53%
Realistic (18)  56%
Inspiring (9)  28%
An emotional read (2)  6%
Written with rhythm and pace (20)  62%
Thought provoking (13)  40%
Well laid out (paragraphs etc) (25)  78%
Technically well written (21)  65%
Written with good use of grammar and syntax (this does not mean pedantic use) (24)  75%
Easy to read (28)  87%
It invited me in (21)  65%
I could not put it down (10)  31%
Cheering (made me happy) (22)  68%
Uplifting (13)  40%
I identified with at least one of the characters (8)  25%
It felt like it was about me. I know it wasn't, but it felt like it (0)  0%
The plot was tough to read. (a tough [good] experience, not hard to read) (3)  9%
Not just prose, but almost a 'tone poem' (2)  6%
There could be spelling/grammar/punctuation improvements (1)  3%
Followed on well from the original (17)  53%

What Happens in Vegas

Please rate What Happens in Vegas with the impressions it left you with
Either while reading this story, or afterwards, I found it to be/had/made me (Tick all that apply) [21 votes total]

Romantic (6)  28%
Erotic (16)  76%
Sweet (7)  33%
Gentle (2)  9%
Surprising (7)  33%
Realistic (10)  47%
Inspiring (3)  14%
An emotional read (1)  4%
Written with rhythm and pace (11)  52%
Thought provoking (5)  23%
Well laid out (paragraphs etc) (15)  71%
Technically well written (13)  61%
Written with good use of grammar and syntax (this does not mean pedantic use) (13)  61%
Easy to read (10)  47%
It invited me in (6)  28%
I could not put it down (3)  14%
Cheering (made me happy) (3)  14%
Uplifting (4)  19%
I identified with at least one of the characters (2)  9%
It felt like it was about me. I know it wasn't, but it felt like it (0)  0%
The plot was tough to read. (a tough [good] experience, not hard to read) (1)  4%
Not just prose, but almost a 'tone poem' (0)  0%
There could be spelling/grammar/punctuation improvements (7)  33%
Followed on well from the original (10)  47%

The Second Time Around

Please rate The Second Time Around with the impressions it left you with
Either while reading this story, or afterwards, I found it to be/had/made me (Tick all that apply) [45 votes total]

Romantic (36)  80%
Erotic (8)  17%
Sweet (41)  91%
Gentle (38)  84%
Surprising (16)  35%
Realistic (31)  68%
Inspiring (28)  62%
An emotional read (19)  42%
Written with rhythm and pace (32)  71%
Thought provoking (27)  60%
Well laid out (paragraphs etc) (42)  93%
Technically well written (35)  77%
Written with good use of grammar and syntax (this does not mean pedantic use) (34)  75%
Easy to read (37)  82%
It invited me in (35)  77%
I could not put it down (27)  60%
Cheering (made me happy) (31)  68%
Uplifting (28)  62%
I identified with at least one of the characters (15)  33%
It felt like it was about me. I know it wasn't, but it felt like it (4)  8%
The plot was tough to read. (a tough [good] experience, not hard to read) (7)  15%
Not just prose, but almost a 'tone poem' (6)  13%
There could be spelling/grammar/punctuation improvements (0)  0%
Followed on well from the original (35)  77%

All the Colours of the Rainbow

Please rate All the Colours of the Rainbow with the impressions it left you with
Either while reading this story, or afterwards, I found it to be/had/made me (Tick all that apply) [31 votes total]

Romantic (11)  35%
Erotic (4)  12%
Sweet (18)  58%
Gentle (17)  54%
Surprising (16)  51%
Realistic (16)  51%
Inspiring (11)  35%
An emotional read (4)  12%
Written with rhythm and pace (17)  54%
Thought provoking (13)  41%
Well laid out (paragraphs etc) (23)  74%
Technically well written (23)  74%
Written with good use of grammar and syntax (this does not mean pedantic use) (17)  54%
Easy to read (27)  87%
It invited me in (15)  48%
I could not put it down (6)  19%
Cheering (made me happy) (14)  45%
Uplifting (11)  35%
I identified with at least one of the characters (2)  6%
It felt like it was about me. I know it wasn't, but it felt like it (0)  0%
The plot was tough to read. (a tough [good] experience, not hard to read) (3)  9%
Not just prose, but almost a 'tone poem' (0)  0%
There could be spelling/grammar/punctuation improvements (1)  3%
Followed on well from the original (15)  48%

Overall rating

Mood of the Original
Which sequel caught the mood of the original story best [17 votes total]

Fête or Fate (0)  0%
What Happens in Vegas (1)  5%
The Second Time Around (15)  88%
All the Colours of the Rainbow (1)  5%

Favourite
Which sequel did you enjoy the most [15 votes total]

Fête or Fate (2)  13%
What Happens in Vegas (1)  6%
The Second Time Around (11)  73%
All the Colours of the Rainbow (1)  6%

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The inspiration

This was the brief to the authors:

This challenge is to write a story based on another story.

Your challenge this time is to write a sequel. It can be to a story you have written or to one someone else has written.