Guest of the Sea - Introduction

Putting a strange emphasis on his words, as if trying to choose them carefully.

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Story Commissions Are Open

Unless i have more than 2 of these commissions 5000 words - a minimum of a week to two weeks - unless i have more than 1 commissions also, if you want a story that goes beyond 5000 words we'll need to note one another because that's moving from a short

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Cry me a Murder, pt 7 - The Other Side of Zero

This is part seven out of eight, and clocks in at some 5000 words. "cry me a murder" is the third story in the carter wolf series of detective mysteries. cry me a murder. chapter vii. _the other side of zero._ morning.

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The Other Side Ch 4 (Complete)

This entry is sitting at just under 2400 words (my longest yet by 700! this makes me feel good inside xd), but the whole chapter should total closer to 4500-5000 words if my estimate is correct (i hope it is).

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Chapter 1- "A Cheetah Named Light"

While others around him were finished copying a 5000-word passage in about an hour, light made sure to count the time in his head and he finished with a total time of 3 hours, 45 minutes, and 10 seconds.

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Chasing the Sun - Chapter 66: Opposites Do Attract

Also as usual, this is the longest chapter in the book with almost 5000 words. don’t forget, there’s an epilogue after this! røðe strípen was going to open tomorrow, and octo couldn't help but feel anxious.

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Greystone (wc 4616)

Sadly, i have never felt that the introduction of a fledgling romance could ever be accomplished in as little as 5000 words, which is the max for the contest.

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The Subject Under Discussion

"back in the 60's and 70's, a short story submitted to literary contests could run up to only 5000 words, and in short story contests these days, it's as few as 2000 words."

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Tora- Back to Normal

I surprised myself at how fast i wrote 5000 words, but it didn't feel long enough so kept writting until i was satisfied. unfortunately, after i read it over again, i didn't like how it turned out. a part in it didn't really feel natural to me.

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The Musician's Writer [Chapter 3]

Let's keep our stories between 3000 and 5000 words, alright? why? because our last chapter was extremely long. aww! but i like extremely long. i'll show you extremely long... i mean, enjoy our story while i do business with my pup.

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Lost Shades

The first one refused to work in less than 5000 words, which was the max, so it is set aside to be reworked into something with more room to breathe at some point in the future.

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An Adventurous Departure

The contest theme was "fantasy adventure", the plot had to be centered around a minimum of 3 keywords from a given list (i ended up choosing monster, heirloom, festival and oath) and it all had to fit within max 5000 words.

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