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    Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 10:58pm
Will this sink me? I hoped to go longer but a crazy, busy last-minute week set me back to submitting right before deadline. The story seemed to naturally conclude in 9 pages... but in your guys' experience, is that 12-page mark an important factor?

THANKS! This was fun Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote steph9289 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 12:02am
I am in the exact same boat! Except mine is only 5.5 pages. Pinch

This week hit me harder than I expected, and I was not able to devote as much time as I would have liked.


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Originally posted by jacketpotatoe jacketpotatoe wrote:

Will this sink me? I hoped to go longer but a crazy, busy last-minute week set me back to submitting right before deadline. The story seemed to naturally conclude in 9 pages... but in your guys' experience, is that 12-page mark an important factor?THANKS! This was fun Smile



NO ... It is a MINIMUM of one page and MAXIMUM of 12 ... with no noticeable cramming ...

I've only come out at 11 ... sometimes less ... I feel complete ...












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I wrote two scripts this round and both only clock in around 8 pages. And that's with letting some dialog breath and breaking up some text.
R1:H44:Pressing the Flesh
R2:H3:Beef
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After having success in some of the other contests without hitting the word max, I've decided not to stress about something coming in shorter, unless it feels incomplete. My script was 10 pages for this round and I'm decently happy with it.
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I turned this round in at 11pp and it felt complete ... I have come in at less ... I have come in at 1800 for a 2500 word story and came first ... meh







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Do you know, when we are receiving the updates about the next round?
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A month ... June 13 or 14 ...



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