Firstly I would like to thank Nick for pointing out the problem of someone pulling out at such a late stage would represent. I would like to correct one thing though. The works are up to 1000 words in length. It was felt that 500 was not enough for the writers to demonstrate their talents and creativity. This has been changed from the origional idea.
I would also like to point out that the wording has now been changed on the site.
www.worldsgreatestnovel.com is not interested in stealing, obtaining other people's work or hijacking someone else's ideas.
We just want to create a novel that is written by a hundred or so writers and see what we come up with.
The idea is fun, it is free to enter and you can have a bit of fun seeing if your work is considered good enough by our forum readers.
We feel this has been blown way out of proportion and hopefully this statement and the rewording of the policies has drawn a line under this topic.
However, we are still looking for submissions into the World's Greatest Novel. We currently have 15 selected works from 383 entries, so we have another 35 spaces left on the 1st shortlist.
Good luck and thanks for any support we receive from people reading this site.
Rememeber this is about having a little fun.