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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Word count requirements are bullshit. I say this as a college grad.

It's just to train us to do arbitrary busywork so we will be more useful workers.

You want 600 words? Here's a dictionary, keep the change.

[–] stray@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The point of the word count goal is to teach you both how to communicate your thoughts in detail and how to edit yourself so that your writing is concise.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Exactly.

The restraints are meant to challenge you to develop skills.

Kinda like how some people play games on hard mode! Or permadeath!

Different constraints force different strategies, different methods.