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18 Dec 12

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18 Dec 12

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Is Coming soon - get thinking over xmas holidays

2 topics to choose from:

Nature

or

Freestyle

(for newcomers - its a competition run each year and we share the talent at the end of the deadline submissions and here at RHP we have some really strong writers - alas i'm not one of them lol)

Silverstriker

Previous Winners:
Round 1 - Starrman
Round 2 - Ragnorak
Round 3 - hopscotch
Round 4 - ncrosby
Round 5 - XanthosNZ
Round 6 - abandoned
Round 7 - Starrman
Round 8 - pawnhandler
Round 9 - Bosse de Nage
2010 a - Gatecrasher
2010 b - Gatecrasher
2012 - Mike169

rwingett

Ming the Merciless

Royal Oak, MI

Joined: 09 Sep 01
Moves: 27626

19 Dec 12

Originally posted by Silverstriker
Is Coming soon - get thinking over xmas holidays

2 topics to choose from:

Nature

or

Freestyle

(for newcomers - its a competition run each year and we share the talent at the end of the deadline submissions and here at RHP we have some really strong writers - alas i'm not one of them lol)

Silverstriker

Previous Winners:
Round 1 - S ...[text shortened]... handler
Round 9 - Bosse de Nage
2010 a - Gatecrasher
2010 b - Gatecrasher
2012 - Mike169

What are the details on this? Is there a word limit? I don't get what the topics indicate.

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21 Dec 12

Originally posted by rwingett
What are the details on this? Is there a word limit? I don't get what the topics indicate.

750 word limit and the topic is loose so writers can go in any direction they like. Nature can be about animals etc or human nature etc

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30 Dec 12

Deadline 19th February 2013

rwingett

Ming the Merciless

Royal Oak, MI

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31 Dec 12

-1

Originally posted by Silverstriker
Deadline 19th February 2013

Surely you meant the 9th of January. Surely!

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

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Moves: 53223

31 Dec 12

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Originally posted by rwingett
Surely you meant the 9th of January. Surely!

Don't call me surely....

Freestyle could be about Phelps...

Suzianne

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Isle of Misfit Toys

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02 Jan 13

Originally posted by rwingett
Surely you meant the 9th of January. Surely!

Genius takes time, my friend.

Suzianne

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Isle of Misfit Toys

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02 Jan 13

Originally posted by Silverstriker
750 word limit and the topic is loose so writers can go in any direction they like. Nature can be about animals etc or human nature etc

Will the penalty for going over the word limit be harsh?

I mean, yeah the penalty for a 30,000 word manifesto could be righteously harsh, but what about 1000 words?

Suzianne

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02 Jan 13

And I asked this before, but what software do people use that keeps track of words?

Not a fan of Word or Office, I'd just use Notepad if it counted words.

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02 Jan 13

Originally posted by Suzianne
And I asked this before, but what software do people use that keeps track of words?

Not a fan of Word or Office, I'd just use Notepad if it counted words.

If it's only slightly over i wouldnt be incurring a penalty - if over like 900 words or so i would just cut it off at the end - or send it back saying too big 🙂

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02 Jan 13

Originally posted by Suzianne
And I asked this before, but what software do people use that keeps track of words?

Not a fan of Word or Office, I'd just use Notepad if it counted words.

I use word, i didn't know there were alternatives that did the word count

rwingett

Ming the Merciless

Royal Oak, MI

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02 Jan 13

Originally posted by Suzianne
Will the penalty for going over the word limit be harsh?

I mean, yeah the penalty for a 30,000 word manifesto could be righteously harsh, but what about 1000 words?

I would say do what you need to do, the rules be damned.

Suzianne

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Isle of Misfit Toys

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04 Jan 13

Originally posted by Silverstriker
I use word, i didn't know there were alternatives that did the word count

Yeah, I know, I'm looking into add-ons I can snap into Notepad or Wordpad, actually.

I'll share if I find a good one.

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

04 Jan 13

Originally posted by rwingett

I would say do what you need to do, the rules be damned.

... forewarned.

SwissGambit

Caninus Interruptus

2014.05.01

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Moves: 92274

11 Jan 13

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Originally posted by Suzianne
Yeah, I know, I'm looking into add-ons I can snap into Notepad or Wordpad, actually.

I'll share if I find a good one.

Notepad++ is an awesome plain-text editor that can do word counts.

Get it here:
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.2.3.html

You'll need to add the TextFX plug-in. (Plugins->Plugin Manager->Show Plugin Manager and install "TextFX Characters" ). Restart Notepad++, and you can get the word count of any block of selected text with TextFX->TextFX Tools->Word Count.