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Unlike the Overwriter who is usually verbose, Underwriters like to keep things snappy, sometimes a little too snappy. Today I'll be sharing five details you might be missing from your writing that are keeping your word counts lower than you want. In the writing community, being an Underwriter means that your drafts are usually too short. Either they're shorter than you were initially planning, or their word counts are lower than the industry standard for whatever you're writing. We hoard details and like to keep them to ourselves, some kind of sock gnome. These are based on my personal experiences, and as always, these videos are geared towards writers in the earliest stages of their journey. #1 is Thoughts. Showing the character's thoughts is something I used to forget to add all the time, and I still find myself adding a lot of these during the editing phase. Showing exactly what your character's thinking is not only a great way to add to your word count, but it also lets readers connect with the character in a way nothing else can. And this can be used in a couple different ways. You can show the character's stream of consciousness, as well as giving the reader the characters thoughts through narration. (EXAMPLE: Maybe I shouldn't have left at all, Jane thought. But if she stayed home, she wouldn't have run into John, and she's supposed to that was worth braving the rain.) Pretend that's not terrible narration for a second, and you can see how this both adds your word count, and lets the reader feel more connected to the character. Some of the thoughts that I forgot to add sometimes are questions that the characters are asking themselves. So see if you can show the reader what questions the character has about what's going on. Are they connecting dots, or trying to figure out who-done-it? These are thoughts you might be able to show the reader directly. Another thing is a character's expectations. If your character is making assumptions on a limited set of information, this is something else you could show them thinking about. If so, this is something you can use to distract the reader that will make plot twists more interesting later on. Another thing you can do is show the characters opinions as they're changing throughout the story. #2 is Transitions. Transitions are a super important element in guiding your reader through a story. A poorly done transition can lead to a really jarring reading experience. Transitions are also deceivingly difficult to write, in my opinion. There are a lot of different ways to write transitions, and it can be a really stylistic element of your writing, so figuring out what you like and how to execute it properly can be a little bit tricky. It really depends on your genre and story itself. Also the type of transition will depend on what scenes it's actually bridging together. Sometimes I find my problem with transitions is...