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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 190748" data-attributes="member: 36777">Hey [USER=37004]@lolasparks[/USER] firstly I want to say I completely relate to your struggles. My first application draft would always be substantially above the word count and I would spend hours and hours to think of ways as to how to reduce it. In some ways however that was not bad, as it forced me to think a lot more closely about what is and is not valuable in an application and thus refined my general application writing skills.As for concrete advice, the first way to reduce your word count is to rethink the substantive points you are making. For any given sentence and word, ask yourself: is this truly necessary for supporting the central point I am making with this paragraph? If I cut this sub-point, will the recruiter's understanding of my main point be substantially reduced? If the answer is no, you can safely cut. The second and usually more important way to reduce word count is to rethink your style of writing. My top tips besides having a general focus on writing in a to-the-point manner would be:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cut down on the adjectives and adverbs - they normally do not add much substantive value, but just more just literary 'flavor', which is not necessary in a law firm application.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Write shorter and more indepent sentences. You will find that a lot of your natural tendencies towards more verbose expression originates in a tendency to write long sentences with multiple clauses. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For every sentence and word, once you have already ascertained it adds substantive value, ask yourself: is there any way I can express this point a more concise manner?  If yes, take a few minutes considering what you can cut and how you can rephrase. </li> </ul></blockquote>

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