Blog Advice: Shorter is better. Try to keep your posts to 500 words or less.
This makes sense to me. In fact, when I read through blogs I skim posts that look too dense, or I read the first paragraph and move on. I took a good, long look at my posts and realized I'd probably skim or skip them, too.
Goal: For the next several weeks, I will be brief but not shallow.
What is your favorite post length? When do you start skimming?
* Saffron picture taken by zoyachubby can be found on Flickr.
2 comments:
This is something I've been thinking about lately. I need to keep my posts short because I do tend to skim long posts if I read them at all. There just isn't time to read everything.
Stephanie - I wish you the best in your quest for brevity.
I'm still struggling with this, and come to the conclusion that I'm going to draft a long post. Then I edit it down by 60-70%. I do like the shorter length better, but it's hard to cut and cut and cut some more.
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