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<blockquote data-quote="Rune" data-source="post: 996192" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>This is where you get to decide to trade quanity for quality. Guess which one a typical judge values more? It's very difficult to edit out some really great material, but a good contestant will be able to concisely reword it to lose the excess baggage. You (hell, and I, for that matter) have got to learn not to be too much in love with your work, that you can't edit to make it better. No matter how much good material you have, it's useless, if it can't be presented well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I would really have liked to see that. Cutting out the descriptive text would have been better--even if it would be more heartbreaking.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Upon reconsideration, I didn't really have a problem with their inclusion, so much as the presentation of them as background material. I would have preferred to see all necessary background material in the body of the entry.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, that <em>is</em> what I saw, and the links' real purpose was to provide evidence supporting the fact that you weren't plagiarising anything. That's fine; I just wish you had been clear on the point.</p><p></p><p>Although, personally, I do wish you'd trust the judge to make their own literary and historical connections, but then again, I was an English major, and do that kind of stuff all the time. Other judges may well appreciate the links.</p><p></p><p>Good luck in future tournaments, cool hand luke!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rune, post: 996192, member: 67"] This is where you get to decide to trade quanity for quality. Guess which one a typical judge values more? It's very difficult to edit out some really great material, but a good contestant will be able to concisely reword it to lose the excess baggage. You (hell, and I, for that matter) have got to learn not to be too much in love with your work, that you can't edit to make it better. No matter how much good material you have, it's useless, if it can't be presented well. I would really have liked to see that. Cutting out the descriptive text would have been better--even if it would be more heartbreaking. Upon reconsideration, I didn't really have a problem with their inclusion, so much as the presentation of them as background material. I would have preferred to see all necessary background material in the body of the entry. Fortunately, that [i]is[/i] what I saw, and the links' real purpose was to provide evidence supporting the fact that you weren't plagiarising anything. That's fine; I just wish you had been clear on the point. Although, personally, I do wish you'd trust the judge to make their own literary and historical connections, but then again, I was an English major, and do that kind of stuff all the time. Other judges may well appreciate the links. Good luck in future tournaments, cool hand luke! [/QUOTE]
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