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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 2037445" data-attributes="member: 5171">Well, the additional point is that if you're thinking in terms of the last minute, odds are that you're not thinking about a polished final version.&nbsp; You're thinking about a rough draft -- which is gonna be competing with the final versions of the folks who already have theirs in.&nbsp; Not to say that all polished versions are better than all rough drafts, but you might not be sending in your own personal best.&nbsp; But really, how much time did you lose?&nbsp; You're only sending in the first three chapters.&nbsp; Those need to be really really good.&nbsp; If you get picked to send in everything, well, you haven't really lost any time -- it's just that you send the first three chapters in and then go back to working on the rest earlier than you thought you would.&nbsp; If your problem is that the novel ain't done yet, your situation isn't any different, provided you know enough of how it ends to come up with a slam-bang synopsis.If your problem is that the first three chapters aren't done yet, not even in rough-draft form, well, you're gonna be wasting postage by applying at this point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="takyris, post: 2037445, member: 5171"] Well, the additional point is that if you're thinking in terms of the last minute, odds are that you're not thinking about a polished final version. You're thinking about a rough draft -- which is gonna be competing with the final versions of the folks who already have theirs in. Not to say that all polished versions are better than all rough drafts, but you might not be sending in your own personal best. But really, how much time did you lose? You're only sending in the first three chapters. Those need to be really really good. If you get picked to send in everything, well, you haven't really lost any time -- it's just that you send the first three chapters in and then go back to working on the rest earlier than you thought you would. If your problem is that the novel ain't done yet, your situation isn't any different, provided you know enough of how it ends to come up with a slam-bang synopsis. If your problem is that the first three chapters aren't done yet, not even in rough-draft form, well, you're gonna be wasting postage by applying at this point. [/QUOTE]

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