For those who are going to take Project Work later on in their lives, I would like to warn you that you should do consistent word counts from version to version. Never have the mindset that you want all the content in first before starting to remove the excess word. You will end up so far from the word limit that you have to climb mountains to meet the limit again. But just in case you still end up in my state, here is a quick guide on how to cut words.

The '"The"s - If you have a proper noun that you used alot in your written report, do remember to go and check if there is a "The" in front as part of its name. There is a chance there is no "The", in which case drop all of them. Do not think that it would be a good idea to uncapitalise them, just because removing them does not feel right.

Adjectives - If it is not needed, remove it. As long as it does not serve to substantiate your point, drop them. Every word counts.

Reducdant useless white elephants - If you find a phrase like "will be in the future", save yourself 3 words by omitting "in the future". Keep your eyes peeled for these minor redundancy. They hide really well.

The first few chapters - Chances are that your group got really excited and did a really nice (and lengthy) job for the first few chapters. If you try to cut from the last few chapters instead of the thick fleashy frontline chapters, you will end up with a marker that is wondering why the front was so promising, but led to nothing in the end.

Repetition - If you decide to give each of your members a chapter to do, since your group happens to have five members too, points will definitly be repeated across chapters. Get everyone to read though the whole thing once (or get one person to read through it five times) and remove all of these word comsumers. They not only waste words, they bore the readers too.

Paraphrasing - Sure you can get a few words off at a time by searching high and low for unneeded words one by one. But if you paraphrase a point, there is a chance that you can phrase it in a nice word saving way. Words like "came up with the action plan" can be replaced with "formulated an action plan", saving a grand total of two words at once!

If you hear me scream in agony during the General Paper promotional papers, it probably means that I overshot the word limit for the summary by 650 words and got reminded of the horrors of Project Work. But before that happens, I shall take this experience and hide it in a corner of my mind.

V is for vengefulness. When you have been wronged or hurt by someone, sometimes you might feel vengeful and want to make him or her feel your pain. You probably only started off being really angry at that person, but somewhere along the road, this anger translated into vengefulness while you are thinking about the unfairness of it all. You probably will not notice this change in emotion as they are both very similar, but I am sure the person you are going to exert your vengence on is going to.