200 Words? *Really guys???* Yep...and we check too.

[Thelonious Monk]

It happens pretty often that you folks registering on the DV are a few words short of our 200 word requirement. Now I know it sounds pedantic but we do check and will even stop you when you're one or two words short (no, I know it's funny, but I'm serious).

So, the best way to not delay your registration is to make sure that you've got 200 words. As long as you cover why you want to join the DV, what your interest in DXM is, and have 200 words everything goes smooth. But if we have to ask for a few more words from you it'll inevitably delay your registration.

So please! We do check! Give us what we want! And welcome in advance!

- Thelonious and the rest of the DV staff.

[In Bloom]

This tool is helpful.

All you have to do is copy and paste any segment of text into it and hit the 'submit' button and it will automatically tell you how many words you have there. 200 words is not a whole lot, here it is again, for your edification.