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CMV word counts on essays are stupid and should be gotten rid of.

Whenever I do essays the word count can be ridiculous and I feel can make your paper less interesting. The topic can be something simple, like "what do you feel about *insert topic*", but have a 1500+ word count.

The problem with high word counts is that you can convey your point in way less words. But when you write a paper that's, say 1000 words, if you have 500+ words you have to make up stuff or expand sentences to the max. Just so I can have more words. I've seen people in my college classes who have WAY better, intriguing essays than me, but get marked down because their paper is a page too short. But I get more points for an okay or good paper that's past the minimum amount of words.

The extra words you have to put in your paper is the equivalent to filler in anime to me. Complete bull that doesn't move the story/paper along XD

**I'm not saying that you can write WHATEVER amount you want. I'm saying super long word counts.

**I don't care that you wrote a 4000000 page essay and that it was easy for you. I don't know how that's relevant at all.
gpt
If you've conveyed your point in 500 words, and still have another 500 to go, well, you could use filler words. Then, indeed, it's a waste of time, because you've missed the point. 

Instead of filler, you could brainstorm possible objections to the point you've conveyed. You could do some research to discover facts pertinent to the issue, and analyse them to see if they support your view, or oppose it, and argue about how much this new information should be weighed. You could discover and illuminate possible situations where you'd agree that your general feeling is contraindicated.

In the process, your opinion may become more nuanced. You'll have anticipated possible objections to your view, and be able to have more reasoned discussions on the topic. You'll recognise that opponents aren't *completely* wrong. You may even change you view 100%. And more importantly, you'll have learned how to dig into an issue and ferret out facts in ways that most people miss. It will save you from becoming, one day, a codgy old man in your seventies that nobody takes seriously because you're so fixed in your ideas, and refuse to listen to reason. 

So, don't use filler. Add more relevant detail. Your problem should be to keep your essay short, trimming all but the essence of your argument, by culling the parts that are just fluff, and keeping only the razor-sharp insights, and even then struggling to confine it to a mere 1000 words. 

Don't fill mediocre essays with mediocre fluff. Write brilliant essays that consider every relevant point of view, then sharpen them down to the word limit.