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29 Feb 2004, 03:05
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Short Stories
i feel like doing some writering at some point. Roughly how long (in words) would you guess i should be writing to produce something vaguely credible?
[sleep deprived, stupid question/thread probably. oh well, who cares ]
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29 Feb 2004, 03:10
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Re: Short Stories
Take the number of characters needed to produce a good novel and multiply it by the square of the number of instruments featured in a fantastic song.
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29 Feb 2004, 03:13
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Re: Short Stories
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29 Feb 2004, 03:14
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Re: Short Stories
8?
he coughed and then suddenly aliens THE END
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29 Feb 2004, 03:15
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Re: Short Stories
give me 500, let me see what you can do
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29 Feb 2004, 03:18
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Re: Short Stories
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give me 500, let me see what you can do
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that's not a story, that's a PARAGRAPH. i can chronicle the events of nothing in a thousand or so words. give me big numbers hombre
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29 Feb 2004, 03:19
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Re: Short Stories
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29 Feb 2004, 03:19
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Re: Short Stories
what the hell is a SHORT story anyway?
500 - 200000
choose something in between those 2.
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29 Feb 2004, 12:08
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Re: Short Stories
Keep writing until you've finished saying what you wanted to say.
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29 Feb 2004, 13:19
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Re: Short Stories
About 15,000 words, although that's heading into novella territory.
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29 Feb 2004, 16:16
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For my english GCSE coursework I wrote a short story in 1,200 words.
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29 Feb 2004, 17:42
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Re: Short Stories
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that's not a story, that's a PARAGRAPH. i can chronicle the events of nothing in a thousand or so words. give me big numbers hombre
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I was just trying to test your con·cise`ness.
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29 Feb 2004, 17:52
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Re: Short Stories
Phang is going to write amateur erotic stories
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29 Feb 2004, 19:54
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Re: Short Stories
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Phang is going to write amateur erotic stories
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how well-endowed is a snurx?
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1 Mar 2004, 00:04
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Re: Short Stories
Short stories can be of any length, from about 500 words, to Kafka's 100 page metamorphasis.
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1 Mar 2004, 00:18
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Re: Short Stories
When about age 12 and ppl would ask how long "short stories" had to be, my teacher would reply "miniskirt" we of course, as was presumably her wish, go "huh?", she'd reply "long enough to cover the subject, short enough to keep it interesting"
So my answer to u - "miniskirt"!!
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1 Mar 2004, 00:33
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a credible story isnt based on quantity, but on quality.
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1 Mar 2004, 00:34
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I'd rather not see phang in a miniskirt thank you very much.
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1 Mar 2004, 00:35
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you really wouldnt.
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1 Mar 2004, 00:39
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I've often considered a mini-skirt, but it'd involve shaving my legs and I really can't be bothered.
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1 Mar 2004, 00:51
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You don't need to shave your legs to wear a miniskirt. You don't shave your face to wear a hat
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1 Mar 2004, 00:53
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scotland is a truly scary place with you around KraK
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1 Mar 2004, 00:58
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True. I don't shave my legs when I wear kilts. Well, not often.
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1 Mar 2004, 01:08
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Re: Short Stories
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You don't need to shave your legs to wear a miniskirt.
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If I wanted to look good I would though. With longer skirts I can obviously just wear leggings or whatever.
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1 Mar 2004, 01:15
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Re: Short Stories
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If I wanted to look good I would though. With longer skirts I can obviously just wear leggings or whatever.
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I'm more of a ballgowns kinda guy.
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1 Mar 2004, 02:23
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Re: Short Stories
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how well-endowed is a snurx?
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They decide themselfs, and they can change their things anytime they want!
It's mang
I would like Dante and Phang, kilted, together, on a hot sandy beach.... Yummy!
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