Cemetery Dance Writing Contest

[RJK1981]

I'll just bump the allowed word count on the forum software up a little bit to allow for that. Ok added a buffer zone, should be more than enough extra to account for italicizing and what not.

That's great. Is there an exact amount? Almost finished with the story I started just for this since the other work in progress isn't close to being finished, but finding myself at over 10,800 characters now with at least a few hundred more before the ending. Will have to finish it up and make some cuts to it tomorrow and probably the next day as well, I just need to know how much, lol.

Maybe if I'm lucky it won't be much though, since I currently have the proper 2 spaces between sentences, lol

[Ben Staad]

Allright! Just finished my trial post and everything looks great. All I need to do is change some formatting and I will be good to go.

[JJ Holden]

I'm about three-quarters of the way through and I reckon I'll probably hit the absolute character limit. Not much time left, but no pressure, right? ~~also screaming and howling etc.~~

[portrait in flesh]

I'll just bump the allowed word count on the forum software up a little bit to allow for that. Ok added a buffer zone, should be more than enough extra to account for italicizing and what not.

Thankee kindly, sir.

[Dan Hocker]

I'll just bump the allowed word count on the forum software up a little bit to allow for that. Ok added a buffer zone, should be more than enough extra to account for italicizing and what not.

[portrait in flesh]

::SCREAMS AND HOWLS AND TEARS OUT HAIR::

OK, now that's over with.

I did a trial run of my post. In Word, it comes out to 9,978 characters (including spaces). But, since my story includes some italicized words, I had to add the html tags to the post to get it to look correct. This bumped the count up to 10,230 characters, which obviously won't post.

Is there any way to get around this? For example, could I capitalize the words that are meant to be italicized? Or do I need to make a mad cutting edit to my piece?

Edited to add: the italicized words are foreign words and phrases, not words italicized for emphasis. I guess technically I could just drop the italics, but that sort of thing makes my fingers itch a bit.

[Dan Hocker]

Character count is with spaces. The best way to test if your submission is short enough is to see if it fits in the post window here. Obviously don't actually post it though. As far as when we will open the submissions it'll be Wednesday morning. We will probably send out a newsletter informing everyone submissions are now open and a more detailed explanation on how to submit them.

[onipar]

I'm still somewhat fuzzy on the character requirements. 10,000 with or without spaces? I've pared my story down to about 9400 without spaces. Would this be suitable for submission?

The character requirement is with spaces, but he said it's okay to single space sentences to cut down on the number of spaces.

[portrait in flesh]

I'm still somewhat fuzzy on the character requirements. 10,000 with or without spaces? I've pared my story down to about 9400 without spaces. Would this be suitable for submission?

I'm going to be erring on the side of caution and am including spaces in the 10K-character limit. Using single spaces between sentences, though.

[C.W. LaSart]

Will the submissions be open at midnight on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning? If so, what time zone will be used? Thanks.

[His Majesty]

I'm still somewhat fuzzy on the character requirements. 10,000 with or without spaces? I've pared my story down to about 9400 without spaces. Would this be suitable for submission?

[Journey]

writing contest

This sounds great. This is my first post but I hope to have something ready by the deadline.

[Dan Hocker]

I have a quick question: If a word or phrase is needed to be italisized in our stories, should we go ahead and italisize it in the post or should it be underlined? I know it's a stupid question, but I just want to make sure everything is formatted correctly for viewing. Thanks.

I'm not really sure. I would probably italicize it in the post.

[portrait in flesh]

Initial draft done. Now to whip it into shape. ::cues training montage scene complete with bitchin' 80s soundtrack::

[WesleySouthard]

I have a quick question: If a word or phrase is needed to be italisized in our stories, should we go ahead and italisize it in the post or should it be underlined? I know it's a stupid question, but I just want to make sure everything is formatted correctly for viewing. Thanks.