python - matplotlib bar chart: space out bars

Question

How do I increase the space between each bar with matplotlib barcharts, as they keep cramming them self to the centre. (this is what it currently looks)

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
def ww(self):#wrongwords text file

    with open("wrongWords.txt") as file:
        array1 = []
        array2 = [] 
        for element in file:
            array1.append(element)

        x=array1[0]
    s = x.replace(')(', '),(') #removes the quote marks from csv file
    print(s)
    my_list = ast.literal_eval(s)
    print(my_list)
    my_dict = {}

    for item in my_list:
        my_dict[item[2]] = my_dict.get(item[2], 0) + 1

    plt.bar(range(len(my_dict)), my_dict.values(), align='center')
    plt.xticks(range(len(my_dict)), my_dict.keys())

    plt.show()

Answer 1

Try replace

plt.bar(range(len(my_dict)), my_dict.values(), align='center')

with

plt.figure(figsize=(20, 3))  # width:20, height:3
plt.bar(range(len(my_dict)), my_dict.values(), align='edge', width=0.3)