Small Writing Competition

Well It look like there i plenty of time, maybe I made a mistake by coming up with a story right away LOL, can I edit? well what done is done now I think... hahahhahaha
 
Right!
Just to confirm, do the stories have to be about pokémon?
 
Hi, I would like to give it a try. Is there a limit on the amount of words or pages? i'm wondering if there is an specific letter size and Font as a standard to be used, and, do we have to write directly our story in a message or attach it? Sorry, I'm new into this. Thanks.
 
Chr. Draco said:
Hi, I would like to give it a try. Is there a limit on the amount of words or pages? i'm wondering if there is an specific letter size and Font as a standard to be used, and, do we have to write directly our story in a message or attach it? Sorry, I'm new into this. Thanks.
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No length limits upper or lower, pages or words or otherwise. It just has to be a self-contained, one-chapter story. One year Cutlerine (who is a crazy man, how I miss him) submitted an entry that was almost 18,000 words long (like I said, crazy man). On the other hand one year I submitted one that was only 1,600 words and it did okay too. It all depends on how much you have to say.

As for submitting your entry, what I and other FF&W (ir)regulars do is write our story in a word processor, then copy that into the message body. That's how we post stories/chapters in the main FF&W forum. If you're worried about weird things happening with formatting upon copypasting and would prefer to attach it, that'd be up to the judges, but as a rule we prefer to have stories published directly in posts/messages because that way we know everyone sees the same thing.

Good luck!
 
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icomeanon6 said:
No length limits upper or lower, pages or words or otherwise. It just has to be a self-contained, one-chapter story. One year Cutlerine (who is crazy man, how I miss him) submitted an entry that was almost 18,000 words long (like I said, crazy man). On the other hand one year I submitted one that was only 1,600 words and it did okay too. It all depends on how much you have to say.

As for submitting your entry, what I and other FF&W (ir)regulars do is write our story in a word processor, then copy that into the message body. That's how we post stories/chapters in the main FF&W forum. If you're worried about weird things happening with formatting upon copypasting and would prefer to attach it, that'd be up to the judges, but as a rule we prefer to have stories published directly in posts/messages because that way we know everyone sees the same thing.

Good luck!
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Thank you very much, really appreciated :)


Good luck to you too ;).
 
Caramel-O said:
Well It look like there i plenty of time, maybe I made a mistake by coming up with a story right away LOL, can I edit? well what done is done now I think... hahahhahaha
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Me personally if you want to go ahead and submit an edit version, that's fine with me. Not sure if bobandbill and Gimmepie agrees, though, up to them.

Chr. Draco said:
Hi, I would like to give it a try. Is there a limit on the amount of words or pages? i'm wondering if there is an specific letter size and Font as a standard to be used, and, do we have to write directly our story in a message or attach it? Sorry, I'm new into this. Thanks.
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Yeah, as mentioned there's no limit so try your best in getting your story told. I also would prefer if you just write your story in like Word or Google Docs and then copy/paste the story into the message body when you send it to us.
 
Bay Alexison said:
Me personally if you want to go ahead and submit an edit version, that's fine with me. Not sure if bobandbill and Gimmepie agrees, though, up to them.
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Thank you very much, but now I noticed there is only three entries It wouldn't be wise to do so, I'll stick with the current one.
Btw do you accept bribes, I have a good deal with you judges?? =P lmao
 
I will be joining the fun as well. Been looking forward to this competition, honestly, and after the crap I went through this week, I think the creative juices are ready to be unleashed! Best of luck, everyone.
 
I might join since I have a halfway decent idea this year.
 
Hey, guys! In spite of being crazy busy, I'm very happy to report that I was able to get my entry turned in :D

Good luck, everyone!
 
Caramel-O said:
Well It look like there i plenty of time, maybe I made a mistake by coming up with a story right away LOL, can I edit? well what done is done now I think... hahahhahaha
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Bay already answered but you're free to sent an edited version before the deadline. Just let us know that it's a re-submission.
Forever said:
Oh I sent an entry, I forgot to post here.
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Kyoko said:
Hey, guys! In spite of being crazy busy, I'm very happy to report that I was able to get my entry turned in :D

Good luck, everyone!
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Both are received and OP updated!

How's the deadline working for everyone else? Bit over two days left now.
 
bobandbill said:
How's the deadline working for everyone else? Bit over two days left now.
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I'm comfortable. Close to the end of the story now, and I think I should be able to spend most of Saturday editing and revising.
 
bobandbill said:
How's the deadline working for everyone else? Bit over two days left now.
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I'm just over half-way done with the first draft, and have two potential beta readers waiting. These last two months have been killers job-wise, so both time and inspiration have been constrained.

I am not too concerned however, I'm used to RL schedules conflicting with internet ones . If I can't make it by Saturday with proofreaders and there's no news of a deadline extension, the story won't be tossed to the bin, it'll just move to the "without hurries" queue, meaning it'll likely be moved to contine working on it during mid-2017. With any luck, then I can adapt it to the next SWC :p
 
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