HERESY! The Org's Spring Writing Contest

**King Henry V** · 03-21-2007, 13:29

Gah! 1500 words is a tight limit!

**Crazed Rabbit** · 03-23-2007, 06:03

I think I'll try this time.

I agree, 1500 words is very tight - why not 2000 or 2500? How are we supposed to be able to paint a magnificent tableau of a scene, with context, good characters, and a story arc? *

Crazed Rabbit
*Somewhat less than seriously stated. But only somewhat!

**Franconicus** · 03-23-2007, 08:00

Picasso could express more with a single point than most others with thousand colors. Restrictions are the key to creativity!

**matteus the inbred** · 03-23-2007, 13:06

It's true y'know...the story I entered last time was far too long and complicated and only got one vote.
Or possibly it was just rubbish and hence only got one vote (my mother is still wondering why I wanted her to choose a username and password and click a box on this brightly coloured screen thingy...).
2,000-2,500 words is, like, undergraduate degree essay length. Few people have the time to read a dozen essays and appreciate them.
Keep it short and sweet. Or, given the subject matter, short, sharp and heated till it's glowing.

This time will be different. I will, as Prince Ludwig the Indestructible would say, have my rewengey.

**The Stranger** · 03-26-2007, 18:03

there arent that many submissions yet :P... i though the deadline had already passed... idiot i am... now i don't have any time to write one... exams... but ill try... have a dozen of good ideas

**Tamur** · 03-26-2007, 20:28

Still have a ways to go before the deadline -- in fact, two weeks of procrastination await! You'd be surprised how busy procrastinating writers can be.