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I Agrre There could be a word count that is seen next to the title.

Yeah. And perhaps a little green-bordered square that turned a different colour if you went over a limit, and which then turned another colour if you went over the next limit. I guess sometimes you might think that 300 - 600 words say, might be enough, but then you realise, as you're writing the piece, that you want to add some more, so you want say a red-bordered square.