Ok bypass the chuckles and childish jokes over my title. Or not...
I've heard it both ways when writing a novel. "Keep to the basics, short and sweet and get your first draft done. You can add more later if and when you need to."
Also in contrast, "Let you mind go and get what you want down. You can cut the crud out on your first revision, Chip away and mold it into your final story."
Personally I fall into that altter catagory, at least for this project I am currently on (small "Hoorah" to me. Finished the frist draft on turkey day. Urban fantacy came in around 146,000. Guess I should have signed up for nano.. HAHA!.)
I'm now organizing and rolling on my edits and taking a giant sword to the larger crap cunks that dont fit or I don't like. It works for me and feels right to at this time.
But I was just wondering about what others do and feel in this perticular matter.
So how about it? How do you all approach your size limits or goals?