Taking more time to write something shorter may at first seems weird, not making sense, and impossible to happen. However, when we think about this more carefully, we could find out that it’s harder to write concisely than having long essays.
The process of writing application essays is long because our essays have to go through many stages of revisions. When we finish our first draft, we might exceed the word count that universities want. At this time, we have to try to eliminate extra words that just function to describe things or we need to put several sentences together in just a few words. The reason why the essay process is always so lengthy is revision. In addition, the most difficult part for revising our essays is that how can we deliver the same message without confusing readers in the most concise way.
There are other things besides writing that this quote could be applied to. In the field of media, take movies as example. Average length of a movie is about 2 hours, but some films might be over the time. I think it’s okay for the audience to sit in movie theater for such a long time as long as the movie is enjoyable and good. However, many films failed to achieve this. Long films are always dull and boring, so it’s better for movie producers to cut down the length of the movies.
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