{"id":2923,"date":"2010-09-13T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T04:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2019-06-03T03:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T07:32:52","slug":"hit-your-word-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2010\/09\/hit-your-word-count\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you organize information?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Save time \u2014 and words \u2014 with structure<\/h2>\n<p>As a reality TV superfan, I\u2019ve learned a lot about writing from \u201cProject Runway\u201d episodes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20666\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2010\/09\/hit-your-word-count\/how-do-you-organize-information\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/how-do-you-organize-information.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-do-you-organize-information\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Building blocks&lt;\/strong&gt; Spend a few minutes upfront organizing your piece, and you\u2019ll save hours later agonizing over it. 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Learn how to write to length with a clear structural plan.\u00a0 &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/photo\/holding-three-cardboard-boxes-gm175600372-21044196&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by mrPliskin&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/how-do-you-organize-information-300x150.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/how-do-you-organize-information.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/how-do-you-organize-information.png\" alt=\"How do you organize information?\" alt=\"How do you organize information?\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/how-do-you-organize-information.png 600w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/how-do-you-organize-information-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Building blocks<\/strong> Spend a few minutes upfront organizing your piece, and you\u2019ll save hours later agonizing over it. Learn how to write to length with a clear structural plan.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/photo\/holding-three-cardboard-boxes-gm175600372-21044196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Image by mrPliskin<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For one thing, time management counts. The most talented designers sometimes trip over deadlines: If your model walks down the runway in a bra and a button, you\u2019re going home no matter how brilliant your sketch looked.<\/p>\n<p>The same thing\u2019s true in writing. It\u2019s what you deliver \u2014 on deadline \u2014 that counts.<\/p>\n<p>One way to write better, easier and faster, then, is not to overdesign. A big piece of time management boils down to knowing whether you\u2019re creating a wedding gown or a shift, a dissertation or a direct mail letter.<\/p>\n<p>Hitting your number \u2014 aka writing to length \u2014 can save you an enormous amount of time. So instead of overwriting, then underwriting,\u00a0map out a plan for the length of your piece before you write a single word.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Budget your word count.<\/h3>\n<p>To write to length, start with your assigned word count. Then allocate a word count to each section of your piece.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Map out your story.<\/h3>\n<p>Now determine how you&#8217;re going to use those words \u2014 which statistics, success stories and other facts and ideas will make up each paragraph.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, you&#8217;ll start to see that some things won&#8217;t fit.\u00a0I call this &#8220;editing before you write,&#8221; because it allows you to make most of your decisions about what goes in and what stays out before you write the first word.<\/p>\n<p>The alternative: Burning time writing everything, then burning more time cutting elements after you\u2019ve already written them.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Track your budget.<\/h3>\n<p>Once you start writing, check your word count after you finish each section. That lets you know how well you\u2019re spending your words and whether you have more or fewer words than budgeted for the next sections.<\/p>\n<h3>Count me in<\/h3>\n<p>I don\u2019t claim that this system allows me to hit the word count perfectly on each piece I write. But I come pretty close \u2014 plus or minus 10%, maybe.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of my career, that\u2019s saved me hundreds and hundreds of hours of overwriting, then cutting. 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