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2000 characters (Patreon)

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2019-11-17 23:38:13
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I 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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Anonymous

You could just use emojis.

Anonymous

Staring at a blank page is always the worst part. One way I use to get out of that hole is to ask myself a question and attempt to answer it in a way that would make the reader want to know more. More obtuse would be to have a selection of random set-up lines and the only way of for us to connecting the dots is to watch the show. Saving that you could go full Zaltzman and leave yourself with a twitchy eye from an extended Savage inspired pun run? Either way 2000 characters is approximately 350 words or 3/4 of a standard page.

Anonymous

If the entire population of Christmas Island are absolute cut-ups then there’s your 2000 characters right there

Tim Parsons

Pretty 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

And 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...)

Martin Rodgers

I'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

Of course, if you can find a text editor that gives a character count directly, that'll work even better.

Anonymous

With Alice's vocabulary 2000 characters is about 28 words