While writing your packet, do the following: 1. Read the packet requirements at http://www.mikeburger.com/popcultreqs.html 2. Set your margins to .9 for left and right. 3. Read the packet requirements at http://www.mikeburger.com/popcultreqs.html 4. Start typing in a tossup. If it goes beyond 5 lines -- it is too long. That's about 480 characters right there. That's plenty. 5. Read the packet requirements at http://www.mikeburger.com/popcultreqs.html 6. Start typing in a bonus. Write the lead in. If it goes beyond 2 lines -- it is too long. 7. Read the packet requirements at http://www.mikeburger.com/popcultreqs.html 8. Start typing in parts of your bonuses. If it goes beyond 2 lines -- it is too long. 9. Read the packet requirements at http://www.mikeburger.com/popcultreqs.html 10. Read your question -- are you the only person at this tournament who will answer this question. Throw it out and write a new one, because nobody is going to like it and you will be hated for generations to come. 11. Read the packet requirements at http://www.mikeburger.com/popcultreqs.html 12. Look at your tossups. Is it a list tossup (e.g. about 15 items without key parts of sentences like verbs and clauses). Throw it out, because list tossups are not allowed at the Ann B. Davis 13. Read the packet requirements at http://www.mikeburger.com/popcultreqs.html 14. Look at your bonuses. Is it a 10-5, 10-5, 10-5? Does it have 5 or 6 parts. Throw it out, because these are not allowed at the Ann B. Davis Thank you for your time, because following the above will save an enormous amount of my time. --Mike Burger
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