I'm noticing I have a tendency to overwrite.  I was working on a guest post and realized it when I inflated an 800 word story to a 1600 words.  When i sat down to edit it, I realized all the crap I put into it that wasn't necessary or essential to the story. On the other end of the spectrum, I have this weird pressure that I need to come up with something amazing & insightful that's lengthy and impressive and somewhere between 800 & 1200 words. ...

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