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9 Ways to Lessen Your Word Count

January 30, 2024April 17, 2024 N. K. Valek

Here are 9 things you might try in order to shorten your word count to the sweet spot you so crave!

Tagged Creative writing advice, Cut word count down, How to write better, Improve my writing, Make my writing stronger, Overwriting, Shorten sentences, Word Count, writing, Writing a novel, writing advice, Writing advice list, Writing help, Writing tips6 Comments
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