Comments on: Everyone Likes a Quickie!

By: Vision basics

Vision basics — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:27:18 +0000

Hi, I have read your post of about how much the author’s posts lenghth must be. I agree fully on your post that it should not spoil the pictures with too much length. I also feel that the blog writing must be in a short in length and should cover everything he wants to cover.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:48:55 +0000

women always say, “size doesn’t matter”, but I’m not so sure

By: HAWK

HAWK — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:06:01 +0000

Amazingly, all my posts somehow end up around the same length.

By: Colin Temple

Colin Temple — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:11:13 +0000

Agreed. I tend to lose interest in long posts unless they’re really gripping. Some of my posts are a little long though…

By: James

James — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:43:04 +0000

“If I’d had more time I’d have written less” a quote that gets a lot of use on a training course called Effective Writing Skills at the company I work for. The course is aimed at consultants who have to write formal proposals to sell work, but I think the principle applies to all writing.

By: SarahG

SarahG — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:27:29 +0000

I’m with Dana. I’ll either write a short paragraph and then wonder if it’s worth posting, or else I won’t realise until I’ve hit publish that I’ve written an essay! I always remember from English classes at school that when I wrote my essays (had to be 500+ words), when I couldn’t quite make 500 words and had to pad it out then it wouldn’t get a great grade. However the one and only essay I wrote and the words just flowed, and easily beat the 500 word mark, was the only essay I got above average. So I guess to learn from that is that if you simply write a post, let the first draft be the one to post (of course after spelling and grammar checks!). Don’t mess around with it after as it’ll lose the natural feel of it.

By: KingJacob

KingJacob — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:25:09 +0000

As long as they need to be and not a word longer, If I think a post is too long I just throw in a “more”.

By: Dana Wallert

Dana Wallert — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:12:21 +0000

It’s funny but I tend to either have about one sentence to share or 1000 words. I’m trying to work on finding the middle ground!

By: Laarni

Laarni — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:47:00 +0000

Yes. I agree. They are okay as long as they are straight to the point. Flowery words’ sometimes a turn-off.