My general rule of thumb, when I'm not quoting a post, is, after writing the whole thing, I'll cut all but the first 4-5 lines, and add a <incoming edit>, <cont...> etc to show that it's not complete, and then edit, and paste in the remaining lines right away, removing the break bit.

That being said, I feel the 1000 limit just needs to go, it does more to dissuade posting than it does help anything. Same with the post limit. We can't post without an active sub, that's enough of a block from just anyone posting, I feel