Word-count limits are the work of the devil.
I say this every year and no one in academia exorcises this demon.
I have 7674 to get down to 4000 - eight theological reflections in 500 words each.
So how about I delete alternate words and see what is left?!
And when I've done with that, a rationale for mentoring a work-based learning placement to describe and support in 2000 words... maybe someone can give me one in how to write stuff briefly.
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Footnotes are the answer. They certainly worked for Karl Barth. There are certain pages in his Dogmatics that have a dozen or so lines and then the footnotes. They did him no harm. He may, should he ware able to suggest you need more of them!
Take care