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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Don't waste your time on version 0.1-0.8. I've been replacing entire parts of phrases with a single word, such as: "She hesitated for just a short while" -> "She hesitated momentarily." ("Momentarily" = "for just a short while", according to Google.)
This technique alone dropped the word count some 50 words, and I've just edited 300  If this is an indication for the rest of the piece, I might drop 1,000-1,200 words without changing the meaning of a single sentence  |
Losing 2,000 words from 8,000 might well be possible without changing the meaning and should give you a much more readable story.
For example, if the context is right you could further reduce "She hesitated momentarily." to simply "She hesitated."
Graham