I wrote mine a few weeks back with a max of 4500 characters and the potential of them cutting it down to 4000 in mind.
so I worked things so that if its stays at 4500 I'm fine. if it gets chopped down I can make minor changes and it won't be anything drastic. I am a little over 4K characters. like 4040 or so.
500 characters isn't a lot anyhow. Its about 3 sentences or so.
Are people telling life stories or something? 4500 is roughly 2.25 pages double spaced.
mine is roughly 3900. its fine. we're not required to fill the 4500. its a max, not a min. if you're comfortable with what you've said, then go with it! 🙂