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This is exciting, in it's own strange way. And not the first time I've cut a huge story down. I once took one over 40,000 and made a 2,000 word short out of it. And sold it. I think that says something about how badly I over write...
Really, there are tricks. Compression of time, elimination of the less powerful events and scenes, etc. And then (like now) it's down to replacing phrases with single words, making sure you use contractions where you can, and cutting out every little thing you can, without cutting out all the detail.
I'm closer...
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