haha. I finally wrote the sentence lengths out in one line across a sheet of paper, then when counting mine (in word counter, highlight the sentence and it will count the words for you if you are not doing that already) I wrote my sentence lengths directly underneath. I recommend doing the whole piece this way before you make any changes. Once I finally figured out to do this it was a snap. I'll do that from the start if I ever get up the nerve (and have two days to spend on it) again. I think the word total is 496.