is that 20,000 characters including spaces or not? and a fixed word count would be a hell of a lot more helpful than a 'character count'...
I use word. When posting Lost Kingdom it gave me an error message saying "Exceeds 20,000 character limit". Basically, if it fits in a single post its fine, if it bleeds into a second its too long. Consider it a challenge in creative editing... Seriously, I just barely went over 3500 words for the story so I think you can post up to that.
http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=66619 my entry, which i had to trim despite Word saying it was under 20K words...
Damn it anyway. I have the perfect idea for this month's challenge. Not only would it make a good story, but it would plug an annoying hole in canon. But the well of inspiration has run dry once again. Looks like I'll have to pass on this one.
oh, i dunno... happened to me once already...March 2006 IIRC... would be nice to win legitimately, though
Monday is the 29th and I'm on PST-you got till midnight Tuesday the 30-then I post the poll(assuming there are enough entries).
I'm working on a short-story, but I'm not sure if it meets the "saga" qualifications. If I get it finished in time, I may submit it.
I had a few ideas rattling around in my head but unfortunately I'm spending all my time trying to finish off the last episode of Vesta (so frustrated at the moment I am considering just writing "And then the ship blew up and they all died. THE END") so I just won't have the opportunity. It was a good challenge idea though, Mistral.
It's not your writing ability that worries me. If you want an honest assessment of what worries me, PM me some time.