audrarose

>I'll chime in with Mouse -- absolutely no reason to stick to the 1000-word limit if the story demands more.<

Right. *g* The difficult thing is, to decide if it's the story that wants more or if it's *you* (as in: the author) who's not able to get to the point efficiently. *g* I have to correct this, that's not difficult, that's very, very difficult. :-) And Audra's story is a perfect example on how the story wanted *it's* rightful lenght and refused to back down. *g* I think, cutting down on the words here would have made the story less good as it was and would have stolen a lot of the impact, so Audra (*wriggles fingers* "Hi, Audra :-)) apparently mastered this difficult task. :-)

>If I remember correctly, the community started with a smallish word limit so that people wouldn't be intimidated. <

Right, I can remember that too. I also remember vividly how I failed the word-count right from the start and wasn't able to cut enough to make it fit. So, Audra, it's fine to have the intention to keep to the word-limit, but if the story insists on being longer, I don't think someone will seriously complain. After all, prompting stories *is* the main-agenda of Sentinel Thursday. *G*

>It's been rather quiet lately, but last night Alyjude posted a glowing comment on your story.>

And beat me to it. *g*

Pat

:-)