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Post by James on Jan 7, 2013 17:54:34 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure someone wrote a 6,000 word story last year.
I think you're good.
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Post by Injin on Jan 7, 2013 17:55:32 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure someone wrote a 6,000 word story last year. I think you're good. God help me if it's that long or longer. I'll probably get another 600 or so done after I get back from a meeting tonight. |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 7, 2013 18:10:00 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure someone wrote a 6,000 word story last year. I think you're good. God help me if it's that long or longer. I'll probably get another 600 or so done after I get back from a meeting tonight. Yeah, my Arena entries average in the 3,000-4,000 range. I'd say it would be bad if at 675 you -did- feel halfway done. Edit: perhaps "bad" is the wrong word. I would seriously rethink the piece if I felt halfway finished at under 2,500 words. |
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Post by Kaez on Jan 7, 2013 19:36:04 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure someone wrote a 6,000 word story last year. I think you're good. IIRC, Bloodeye. |
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Post by James on Jan 7, 2013 20:25:25 GMT -5
Edit: perhaps "bad" is the wrong word. I would seriously rethink the piece if I felt halfway finished at under 2,500 words. I think I've had a few entries at 2,000 words in the Arena and the AWR Cup. I'd be comfortable with that, but not anything much shorter. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jan 8, 2013 2:49:04 GMT -5
I don't mind short! ;D Would probably count in your favour but then I'm only one vote against the many who call 50 words too short.
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 8, 2013 2:57:03 GMT -5
Edit: perhaps "bad" is the wrong word. I would seriously rethink the piece if I felt halfway finished at under 2,500 words. I think I've had a few entries at 2,000 words in the Arena and the AWR Cup. I'd be comfortable with that, but not anything much shorter. I have a tendency to wrap up quickly... so even feeling halfway finished at 2500 words I could probably bring the story to a close in less than 3500. Point is, if you're submission is feeling complete at less than 1000, you're probably overlooking something. |
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Post by Injin on Jan 8, 2013 17:57:09 GMT -5
Got around 1200 words now. Will work more on it tonight. Not sure yet how good the final product will be, but I sincerely hope it's better than what I did last year.
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Post by James on Jan 8, 2013 18:19:13 GMT -5
What did you do last time? I'm not sure I remember yours.
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Post by Injin on Jan 8, 2013 23:53:52 GMT -5
What did you do last time? I'm not sure I remember yours. I lost in the first round to Reffy if I remember correctly. Other than that, I don't remember. |
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Post by James on Jan 9, 2013 0:20:44 GMT -5
What did you do last time? I'm not sure I remember yours. I lost in the first round to Reffy if I remember correctly. Other than that, I don't remember. Reffy went out in the first round. |
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Post by Injin on Jan 9, 2013 0:23:03 GMT -5
I lost in the first round to Reffy if I remember correctly. Other than that, I don't remember. Reffy went out in the first round. ...weird. Must have been the year before that then. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jan 9, 2013 2:52:03 GMT -5
I lost in the first round to Reffy if I remember correctly. Other than that, I don't remember. Reffy went out in the first round.  You just had to remind me, huh? I was the most excited and hyped ... and I was knocked out in the first round. I don't even recall who I wrote against. If only all of you had read Charles Stross's Laundry series. You would have gotten it! |
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Post by Kaez on Jan 9, 2013 12:59:20 GMT -5
Reffy went out in the first round. You just had to remind me, huh? I was the most excited and hyped ... and I was knocked out in the first round. I don't even recall who I wrote against. If only all of you had read Charles Stross's Laundry series. You would have gotten it! Tip #1: never rely on references. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jan 9, 2013 13:48:43 GMT -5
Learnt that one the hard way. Who was the other writer anyway?
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You just had to remind me, huh? I was the most excited and hyped ... and I was knocked out in the first round. I don't even recall who I wrote against. If only all of you had read Charles Stross's Laundry series. You would have gotten it!
