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0|0|0|||1||A Note from the Development Process|Gryphon||17:57:35|10/04/2013|I tell you what%2C when the %5Bi%5Dnotes%5B%2Fi%5D on what%27s currently in progress%2C when folded into the working draft%2C increase the file%27s size by 24K%3F  You might be in trouble.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A A Note from the Development Process|Mercutio||21:42:00|10/04/2013|Well%2C that%27s only%2C what%3F 3500 words or so%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%22What%27s Past is Prologue%22 was close to 50k words total%2C so... having your notes be equal to one-fifteenth or so of the entire work %28I%27m just ballparking here%2C obviously%29 ain%27t so bad%2C I don%27t think.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A A Note from the Development Process|Gryphon||21:42:54|10/04/2013|%3EWell%2C that%27s only%2C what%3F 3500 words or so%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22What%27s Past is Prologue%22 was close to 50k words total%2C so... having %0D%0A%3Eyour notes be equal to one-fifteenth or so of the entire work %28I%27m %0D%0A%3Ejust ballparking here%2C obviously%29 ain%27t so bad%2C I don%27t think. %0D%0A%0D%0AChrist al-flippin-mighty%2C is there %5Bi%5Dany%5B%2Fi%5D assertion you won%27t automatically contradict%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
3|3|2|||1||RE%3A A Note from the Development Process|Mercutio||22:20:10|10/04/2013|Well now you%27ve just put me between a rock and a hard place%2C haven%27t you%3F I can either argue with this by saying %22Man alive%2C I was just trying to say it didn%27t seem as intimidating as all that%22 and therefore prove you absolutely correct%2C or just let it sail right over the plate and accept it implicitly as true.%0D%0A%0D%0A... well played%2C Hutchins. %0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
4|4|3|||1||RE%3A A Note from the Development Process|Gryphon||22:38:49|10/04/2013|%3EWell now you%27ve just put me between a rock and a hard place%2C haven%27t %0D%0A%3Eyou%3F I can either argue with this by saying %22Man alive%2C I was just %0D%0A%3Etrying to say it didn%27t seem as intimidating as all that%22 and %0D%0A%3Etherefore prove you absolutely correct%2C or just let it sail right over %0D%0A%3Ethe plate and accept it implicitly as true. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... well played%2C Hutchins. %0D%0A%0D%0AI always kind of hated the old %5Bi%5DParanoia%5B%2Fi%5D RPG%2C but I have to admit the Spurious Logic skill comes in handy sometimes.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
5|4|3|||1||RE%3A A Note from the Development Process|BobSchroeck||07:53:36|10/05/2013|%3EI can either argue with this by saying %22Man alive%2C I was just %0D%0A%3Etrying to say it didn%27t seem as intimidating as all that%22 and %0D%0A%3Etherefore prove you absolutely correct%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C I will%2C so you don%27t have to.%0D%0A%0D%0AIndividual chapters for my stories usually start out as 25 to 30Kb of notes -- for what usually will be about 110-130kb of final text.  So the ratio in the original post seems to be just about right for %5Bi%5Dmy%5B%2Fi%5D writing style.  %0D%0A%0D%0AOf course%2C implicit in the original post is the assumption that Gryphon does not normally generate as much in the way of explicitly written notes prior to composition as either of us do.  Which if correct does give him leave to comment on their anomalous quantity in this instance.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A%28And boy%2C did that come out sounding a bit stuffy...%29%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.