<p>Mine is EXACTLY 500 words. I should get a prize.</p>
<p>For the "Why brown" essay, I can't put a period at the end of it.
I try putting one, and when I save it, it disappears. Is anyone else having this problem?</p>
<p>You've probably run out of characters - it gives you a clue below the box: you have XX characters remaining.</p>
<p>Yeah, I had 5 characters left. Whatever, I just submitted.</p>