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Q&A First draft Word count. [closed]

Do you find your first draft is longer or shorter than your completed work? I understand that I will be cutting alot of unnessary words, but I also have a list of things I need to add. I haven't g...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Jessum ‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:46:01Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/38764
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jessum ‭ · 2019-12-08T09:46:01Z (over 4 years ago)
Do you find your first draft is longer or shorter than your completed work? I understand that I will be cutting alot of unnessary words, but I also have a list of things I need to add. I haven't gone back to add these in yet. I'm finding it difficult to know if I'm doing okay with the word count. Is it okay and normal for it to be lower than than the final piece?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-09-08T01:46:40Z (over 5 years ago)
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