I would agree with @free-reign that the more someone does it, the easier it gets to use close to the right amount of words. I used to struggle more, and there was one thing I found fairly helpful. Writing bits and pieces of what I needed to include as one long sentence with no punctuation, then looking at different ways I could break it up, add or take from it, to fit it into the sentences.
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This sounds like a really great way to get familiar with recognizing the sentence lengths, as well as helping with keeping the story flow. I hadn't thought of it when I started participating in this contest, but I can certainly see the value!