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<blockquote data-quote="J-H" data-source="post: 8301392" data-attributes="member: 7020951">Yeah, publishing and cutting things is brutal.&nbsp; I have a simple &quot;crashed UFO with cryogenically frozen illithid&quot; dungeon in my current campaign, which I'll publish when done in a year or two.&nbsp; It only has has -23 fights and some exploration, and it comes in at over 1,800 words.&nbsp; The only two statblocks are for a couple of built-in laser turrets, which only have the basic necessary combat stats (no str, int, cha, etc.).Making an actual story out of it that includes a &quot;this is how the party gets here and why&quot; would add at least another 500 words.&nbsp; It's mostly a set-piece exploration where the story is developed through what the party finds, and if they're dumb enough to push the glowing blue button (they will be).One of the abandoned/flooded silver mines is only 872 words, excluding the statblock for the Von Neumann aquatic silver miners, but it's pretty bereft of story.1000 words isn't enough for a 4-hour adventure unless there's a bunch of filler combat.I'm not entering this with any expectation of making money or even necessarily winning.&nbsp; I just want to see if I can.If you want to make money full-time to support a family by writing, you probably need to have words like &quot;Code&quot; or &quot;Technical&quot; or &quot;Marketing&quot; or &quot;Grant proposal&quot; involved too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="J-H, post: 8301392, member: 7020951"] Yeah, publishing and cutting things is brutal. I have a simple "crashed UFO with cryogenically frozen illithid" dungeon in my current campaign, which I'll publish when done in a year or two. It only has has -23 fights and some exploration, and it comes in at over 1,800 words. The only two statblocks are for a couple of built-in laser turrets, which only have the basic necessary combat stats (no str, int, cha, etc.). Making an actual story out of it that includes a "this is how the party gets here and why" would add at least another 500 words. It's mostly a set-piece exploration where the story is developed through what the party finds, and if they're dumb enough to push the glowing blue button (they will be). One of the abandoned/flooded silver mines is only 872 words, excluding the statblock for the Von Neumann aquatic silver miners, but it's pretty bereft of story. 1000 words isn't enough for a 4-hour adventure unless there's a bunch of filler combat. I'm not entering this with any expectation of making money or even necessarily winning. I just want to see if I can. If you want to make money full-time to support a family by writing, you probably need to have words like "Code" or "Technical" or "Marketing" or "Grant proposal" involved too. [/QUOTE]

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