You know what’s funny? Is that a few months ago I finished a story that was originally 4000-5000 words, and after every critique and rejection I tweaked it a little here and there cuz I kept thinking I needed to clarify something or add a scene that would build the tension and eventually it was like 9000 words. Then I sent it someplace and the editor said she would look at it if I could get it down to 4000 words. I got it down to 4350 words and it still go rejected. I think it’s back up to 5000 words now. But the difference is that that one was unwieldy at 9000 words (I really am thankful to that editor for suggesting the cut, I think it really helped the story) and this one I just finished feels like most of those words really do need to be there. Well, we’ll see.

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