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Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

My regret? I listed everyone in my current group and researched their points from the last two-story round. Yeah, I have a little list here of everyone's numbers, and it's taunting me. 

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Two people got back-to-back fifteens! One person got 14 + 13! Ha! Ha! Ha! 15 + 11! 14 + 10! Ha! Ha! Ha!" 

And I'm all like, "Shut the freak up, you horrible sheet of scratch paper. They assigned me comedy this round, and I'm a natural comedian." 

And the paper's like, "You only wish you were a comedian." 

And I'm all like, "Well, you only wish you were eight-and-a-half by eleven, you post-it." 

That shut him up. Confused
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Hey, heat-mate!

Totally relatable!!! First thing I did was look through our group to see if I recognized any names. Both excited and terrified to see a few folks who I really admired from the previous rounds.

Although...two back-to-back fifteens...hahaha...haha...ha....
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Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

My regret? I listed everyone in my current group and researched their points from the last two-story round. Yeah, I have a little list here of everyone's numbers, and it's taunting me. 

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Two people got back-to-back fifteens! One person got 14 + 13! Ha! Ha! Ha! 15 + 11! 14 + 10! Ha! Ha! Ha!" 

And I'm all like, "Shut the freak up, you horrible sheet of scratch paper. They assigned me comedy this round, and I'm a natural comedian." 

And the paper's like, "You only wish you were a comedian." 

And I'm all like, "Well, you only wish you were eight-and-a-half by eleven, you post-it." 

That shut him up. Confused
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I think I need to go do this now to add to the self-torture.
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Originally posted by Lord Xoon Lord Xoon wrote:

I very nearly sent in a "contraband" font as it was my default for some reason. But crisis averted.
 
*opens word*
*checks all fonts*
*feels cheated that there is no CONTRABAND font*
 
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LOLLOLLOL At this point, the post-it is begging me not to throw him in the trash. 

To Nic6879: I think it's possible the judges won't even notice. I've seen a few small formatting errors in some people's stories--one time I saw a three-sentence synopsis, another time a story that was more than a thousand words--and both times, the stories scored great and my best guess was the judges didn't even notice the issue. I can't imagine the fretfulness, but I wish I had... you know... better confirmation of it for you. My sense is they quit checking for formatting errors at this point in the game...? I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!! 
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Originally posted by Nic6879 Nic6879 wrote:

Plus it's such stiff competition now when only 3 writers move on that it feels like losing any percentage for something dumb like this would pretty much ensure not moving forward.
 

Now that's a valid concern. If you're going to beat yourself up, it should be that it's a game of inches and it'll be hard enough competing on the merits without giving up even one careless point.
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Originally posted by Lord Xoon Lord Xoon wrote:

If you're going to beat yourself up, it should be that it's a game of inches and it'll be hard enough competing on the merits without giving up even one careless point.
 
Yes yes and I'm really very, VERY GOOD at that. Confused
 
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Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

LOLLOLLOL At this point, the post-it is begging me not to throw him in the trash. 
 
To Nic6879: I think it's possible the judges won't even notice. […] My sense is they quit checking for formatting errors at this point in the game...? I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!! 
 
Thank you Zelda!! I appreciate that. And yes that's certainly my biggest hope, that they just won't notice... Thing is, I noticed at first glance, just opening the page. I used Courier New so the visual size difference between 11 pt and 12 pt is very apparent. But hey, if they get handed printed copies...? Now that could, maybe, save my ass. LOL
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My dad's a lawyer, and I do his legal docs because he's computer-illiterate. He's always telling me there can only be so many characters per inch. (I have no idea how true this is, or where he's getting the info.) Sometimes, when he wants to squeeze more words or pages into the doc, he'll ask me to "work my magic" with font-size changes, margin shrinking, etc. But never has a legal doc been rejected by the judge over it! Thumbs Up
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I saw a groupmate's amazing synopsis and freaked out a little. I'm sure I'll freak out even more when I read people's amazing pieces. 

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Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

My regret? I listed everyone in my current group and researched their points from the last two-story round. Yeah, I have a little list here of everyone's numbers, and it's taunting me. 

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Two people got back-to-back fifteens! One person got 14 + 13! Ha! Ha! Ha! 15 + 11! 14 + 10! Ha! Ha! Ha!" 

And I'm all like, "Shut the freak up, you horrible sheet of scratch paper. They assigned me comedy this round, and I'm a natural comedian." 

And the paper's like, "You only wish you were a comedian." 

And I'm all like, "Well, you only wish you were eight-and-a-half by eleven, you post-it." 

That shut him up. Confused
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Now THAT is exactly my typical brand of self-torture. 

Comparison is the thief of my joy and all that...

I didn't bother, because I'm one of the few that snuck into this round with a pretty darn low cumulative score, even though my stories were fairly well received. 

I shall resist! 
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