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Post by Kmylove on May 30, 2007 2:02:26 GMT -5
yes, I was thinking short, with just a maximum page limit. And a reasonable time to complete them. It could be anything from something completely original to a fan-fiction/sequel/spin-off of an actual sci-fi movie/story. Would you guys be interested?
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Post by The Doctor on May 30, 2007 3:23:26 GMT -5
Well, I'd be interested. However, I do tend not to finish things off. As of now there's something in the Fan Fic section of this forum of mine which is now collecting dust.
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Post by Mara on May 30, 2007 16:10:49 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd be interested... I haven't really dealt into this genre much, so it'd be fun.
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Post by The Doctor on May 31, 2007 3:30:14 GMT -5
Actually, I just thought of something about a maximum page limit for the proposed fiction competition. We could implement one for entries, but some entrants could compensate by filling up each page with loads and loads of words, so perhaps we could have a word limit per page as well.
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Post by Kmylove on May 31, 2007 5:15:27 GMT -5
Actually, I just thought of something about a maximum page limit for the proposed fiction competition. We could implement one for entries, but some entrants could compensate by filling up each page with loads and loads of words, so perhaps we could have a word limit per page as well. not exactly sure how that could be possible but we'll think of something when we decide to go for it
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Post by Mara on May 31, 2007 16:50:05 GMT -5
Well, if we're posting on here.. then pages won't matter.. because it'll all go in one post, anyway.
So maybe a word limit is better.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 1, 2007 7:07:35 GMT -5
Well, I was thinking of perhaps each entrant could create their own thread titled: Story Entry- Membername with a set word and page limit in each thread. Any entrants exceeding the maximimum limit will be disqualified, and how about a minimum w-p limit too?
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Post by Mara on Jun 1, 2007 15:32:49 GMT -5
Yeah, sounds good... but just a word limit. Pages don't really transfer into a forum post, lol.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 2, 2007 8:33:02 GMT -5
Well, when I say page, I sort of mean post. I think there should be a combined page(post)-word limit so people don't go overboard and post loads of pages (posts) and such.
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Post by Mara on Jun 4, 2007 14:43:04 GMT -5
Generally, unless there's a small posting word word limit, a short story can fit in one post.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 4, 2007 17:09:24 GMT -5
Ok then, short stories, a maximum and minimum word limit on the entries. So, are we agreed on that part then?
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Post by Kmylove on Jun 5, 2007 1:24:44 GMT -5
we could do it this way: the stories to be submitted via word document format hosted on a hosting site, the person who receives the submission runs a word count in word.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2007 6:52:07 GMT -5
we could do it this way: the stories to be submitted via word document format hosted on a hosting site, the person who receives the submission runs a word count in word. Ah, but what about Mac/Linux/Other OS users?
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Post by Kmylove on Jun 5, 2007 6:56:12 GMT -5
we could do it this way: the stories to be submitted via word document format hosted on a hosting site, the person who receives the submission runs a word count in word. Ah, but what about Mac/Linux/Other OS users? any text document and one of us would run a word count on it
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2007 6:58:47 GMT -5
Ah, but what about Mac/Linux/Other OS users? any text document and one of us would run a word count on it Right, so ensuring that one of the judges has MS word or similar software, we could copy the text, paste it into word and do the word count. That'd work.
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