Hello everyone,

I had a delightful time preparing a table with the scores from Round 1. Then I spent time on preparing few additional stats and finally I wrapped up the post with *an advice on how you could improve your result for the prompt given at Round 2* and possibly increase your personal payout if you are still withing the 7 days time frame.

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Round 1 Scores

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Here's the current score for Round 1.

Some of the guys didn't manage to submit stories for the first Round, however it doesn't mean that they are disqualified from participating in Round 2.

NB! If we see equal score between two or more participants after the end of Round 3, we'll then pull out the decimals in a successful attempt to determine the final results.

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Round 1 Stats

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Here are few curious stats I managed to compile as an addition. They are not related with the score, but give a nice overview on what the individual post's number of votes and current payout.

Once again:

NB! Upvotes and payout had ZERO bearing on judges' scores

Submissions by number of votes

@morodiene is leading here and by the time I was counting there were 312 upvotes for all the 14 entries submitted.

Submissions by current payout

@jadegreene is dominating the table and with current payout of 142.88 is responsible for more than the half of the payout generated by all participants.

Total amount of current payout

283.99

This is enough to provide few people with tickets for a 7-night Mediterranean Cruise from Civitavecchia for example :D

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Advice

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I'll finish this post with some advice on how to improve your score and how to increase your payout. I came up with the idea for the latter earlier today. You've put efforts and the story might still not get the reward it deserves (we know it happens here). The simple advice I'm about to share my increase your chances to get an additional reward.

How to improve your score for Round 2?

As some of you might have expected it, I'll share a brief information about the queue. In a nutshell, it's s an editing service offered for free on @thewritersblock. Read more on how to join The Writer's Block at the end of the post.

How to increase your current payout?

Submit your post for @sndbox-alpha's service.

This advice is applicable only for participants with current payout less than $3 or around $3 and not older than 6.5 days. A lot of the submissions in Round 1 are still younger than 6.5, so you could take an advantage if you wish. As for the rest, you can try the opportunity for Round 1.

@sndbox-alpha is currently accepting any Art & Music posts and all you need to do is submit your posts as a comment under their relevant post. This is how you jump into their pool and qualify for your post being reviewed. If they like it, you will receive a powerful upvote.

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Sponsors & Supporters:

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This contest is sponsored by @krazykrista - the kindest moderator at the Whaleshares Community.

Join the Whaleshares Community here.

There’s a jury consisting of 3 members of @thewritersblock:

• @bex-dk
• @aksounder
• @johnkingwriter

Join The Writer's Block Discord community here.

The jury will read and rate the submissions from 1 to 10. Each participant might get maximum 10 points for the each round.

Enjoy writing!

Yours,
@steemfluencer

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