Mine is somewhere in-between 1,000 and 1,200 words. Is that all right? Consise is not my middle name. I tried my hardest...
edit: I Cut it down to exactly 998 words, including the title. Didn't know if you would be so touchy about that, seeing as it is an important contest...
"Often, the best way to improve is swallowing your ego and realizing you're a terrible writer in all aspects of writing, then working to improve it." -R.U.
I'm wondering, what classifies as a villain? Can it be a person who does an evil deed, but has "good reasons" and does it with regret? Or does it have to be one who delights in the bad deeds?
Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. — William S. Burroughs
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