yankee:
At present I find the stories wanting .
Note that this periodic thing we do is called a "Challenge", and not a "Contest". They are a "Challenge" because they force writers to narrow their focus, sometimes in a direction they have never gone before, (or perhaps didn't really wish to go at all). I think these challenges have really helped broaden my writing, and by and large I have enjoyed them.
For me, this Challenge was a bit of a stretch because (in general) I've never found "mistaken identity" spanking stories to be very persuasive. Still, I managed to participate. Like you, when reading and judging the entries for this Challenge I found my scores trending lower than in previous Challenges. Was this batch somehow inferior to previous Challenges? Honestly I doubt it! The difference was probably
me , not the actual quality of the writing. But as long as I score each story the same way, then all is fair and good.
yankee:
I like descriptive spanking without waps and yelps and smacks.
That's a totally different subject, but yes I agree. Dialog is great in a spanking scene, as is colorful description. Onomatopoeia has its place because silent spankings are rare indeed, but I prefer it to be used sparingly. In general, I prefer to describe the sounds rather than to imitate them.