Throwing a lot of words at a page isn't writing; it's typing. If the assignment was to write five tight, cogent pages, and you provided 20 pages of bloviation, you deserved a low score.
I'm a professional freelance writer. If I go over a client's allotted space for a magazine article or blog post, I'm told to edit until it fits.
If you're planning on a career involving English, it's good that your teacher's taught you that quantity isn't a substitute for quality. Keep at it, and learn to edit. It's at least as important a skill as writing.
Couldnt agree with you more! The shorter the sweeter- My English teacher always said this to me as i would always add unecessary blabber.
I will never forget when he once gave away an A+ to a student in my class that wrote a paper consisting of merely 300 words when the required amount was 1000!
I'm a professional freelance writer. If I go over a client's allotted space for a magazine article or blog post, I'm told to edit until it fits.
If you're planning on a career involving English, it's good that your teacher's taught you that quantity isn't a substitute for quality. Keep at it, and learn to edit. It's at least as important a skill as writing.
The shorter the sweeter- My English teacher always said this to me as i would always add unecessary blabber.
I will never forget when he once gave away an A+ to a student in my class that wrote a paper consisting of merely 300 words when the required amount was 1000!
He said he was taken away by the piece.