Don't know if this will help you feel better, but I was stupid. I must have checked the FAQ when I signed up but I forgot the fic was supposed to be 2000 words minimum instead of the 1000 I'm used to from other exchanges. Fortunately I checked the FAQ again late last night and could lengthen the story. I wrote a little under a thousand words just in the last twenty minutes before the deadline and edited in another few hundred twelve minutes after the deadline (but apparently before the collection closed. Thank you mods!) So I was really lucky to submit a full fic compliant with the requirements.
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Don't know if this will help you feel better, but I was stupid. I must have checked the FAQ when I signed up but I forgot the fic was supposed to be 2000 words minimum instead of the 1000 I'm used to from other exchanges. Fortunately I checked the FAQ again late last night and could lengthen the story. I wrote a little under a thousand words just in the last twenty minutes before the deadline and edited in another few hundred twelve minutes after the deadline (but apparently before the collection closed. Thank you mods!) So I was really lucky to submit a full fic compliant with the requirements.