Minimums and Maximums

    For some reason, whenever I write a piece for an assignment with a minimum wordcount, my point is always conveyed in less words or paragraphs or pages, etc than was required, and I have to find some way to fluff the piece up to fit the count, and then it always comes across as underdeveloped, with loose threads of ideas. Yeah, because I was asked to stretch a topic out beyond its length. I like to punch the point hard, and convey as much meaning as possible in as little space as I can. I don't like being long-winded, but by that same token, whenever I have a maximum word-count, paragraph count, page-count, etc, I always wind up overrunning it by at least two pages. I don't know if that has to do with my writing, or if I somehow always wind up writing about things I don't care about in a place with a minimum, and wind up writing about things I can talk at length about and not exhaust my knowledge of the topic until I've well-exceeded upper limit, and ultimately have to cut things down. It doesn't help that my writing-style lends itself to brevity coupled with a bizarre level of detail. Plus, when I'm bored with something I feel less inclined to write at-length about a subject.