PROTIP: that article was 1073 words, title and all. It felt long because it's a 500-word essay puffed out with double fluff, in addition to bullets, quotes, etc. 500 words is stupid simple. You break it up into 5 paragraphs of 3 or 4 sentences each. - Topic paragraph: Topic sentence, summary of paragraph 2, summary of paragraph 3, summary of paragraph 4, summary of closing paragraph. - Paragraph 2: Topic sentence, argument 1, argument 2, argument 3. - Paragraph 3: Topic sentence, argument 4, argument 5, argument 6. - Paragraph 4: Topic sentence, counterargument 1, counterargument 2, refutation of counterarguments 1 and 2. - Paragraph 5: Rephrase topic sentence, summarize paragraphs 2-5, finish with a joke or conjecture. * * * That's 119 words, by the way. In other words, 10 vaguely thoughtful Reddit/Hubski comments is 1000 words per day.