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... it'd be better to have something to be too long instead of too short.
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I disagree with this.
Although getting your story written is more important than worrying about length, it ALWAYS helps to edit it. If you read long fantasy series (and I include Wheel of Time, Dragonlance and Eragon in that category) you notice how the later books seem to drag out. Sometimes too many new characters are introduced and sometimes too many minute things are described.
The key is: Once the story is written, start editing. Try to cut out anything that you don't really need. Keep the elements that build mood, but don't spend half a paragraph describing someone who ends up doing nothing.