2000 characters
Added 2019-11-17 23:38:13 +0000 UTCI have to write a 2000 character summation/blurb of Savage for the Amazon Prime special, and I have no idea what to say. Or in fact, how long 2000 characters is, in words.
Any suggestions?
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With Alice's vocabulary 2000 characters is about 28 words
2019-11-20 08:33:18 +0000 UTCOf course, if you can find a text editor that gives a character count directly, that'll work even better.
Martin Rodgers
2019-11-19 20:37:19 +0000 UTCI'd write it Notepad or Wordpad (if using MS Windows) and save the text in a file as I write. Checking the file size will give you a good idea when you get close to 2000 characters. Similar editors are available for other platforms.
Martin Rodgers
2019-11-19 20:35:18 +0000 UTCAnd the "what" of it -- it's a marketing exercise, I'd have said. I get that a blurb for Savage is maybe the closest to trying to describe yourself to a disinterested buyer but you must have some sort of track record doing that, or we wouldn't be discussing it now! Take your "this is me" hat off and put your "advertising copywriter" hat on: sell it as if it's someone else's, maybe. (Sorry, I think I'm telling you stuff you probably already know...)
Tim Parsons
2019-11-18 17:03:30 +0000 UTCPretty much what Stephen said: I find a good rule of thumb is divide the character count by 5 and use an editor that can count words and characters. Write what you're comfortable with, then edit ruthlessly. (I used to enjoy writing drabbles (stories of exactly 100 words, including the title) and mini-sagas (50 words excluding the title) and you'd be surprised what you can do in a limited space, if you get your priorities sorted.
Tim Parsons
2019-11-18 16:51:13 +0000 UTC
