A Shorter, Simpler Blog
Here are the two most common comments I get about this blog:
1. "I don't understand everything you say - I think its over my head."
2. "Honey, your posts are waaaaay too long."
Comment #2 comes exclusively from my wife (who only checks in on rare occasion) - but she tends to say it a lot - so I feel like it deserves some consideration.
As far as comment #1 goes, I appreciate the kind way all of you are phrasing this, and I'm tempted to be flattered. However, I don't think the problem is that I'm Mr. Super Genius Braniac 2000, who is functioning at a different "level" than everyone else. I think the problem is that I'm not developing my ideas well enough to get them across clearly.
Both problems stem from trying to cram too many ideas into a single post. So, in an ongoing effort to improve my writing skills, my next goal is to make my posts shorter, simpler, and clearer.
The way I figure it, a typical reader will take - maybe - 30 seconds to check out any one post. If I can't get my point across in that amount of time, it will probably be lost.
Let me know how I'm doing.
Related Tags: writing, blogging, clarity, simplicity, navel-gazing
1. "I don't understand everything you say - I think its over my head."
2. "Honey, your posts are waaaaay too long."
Comment #2 comes exclusively from my wife (who only checks in on rare occasion) - but she tends to say it a lot - so I feel like it deserves some consideration.
As far as comment #1 goes, I appreciate the kind way all of you are phrasing this, and I'm tempted to be flattered. However, I don't think the problem is that I'm Mr. Super Genius Braniac 2000, who is functioning at a different "level" than everyone else. I think the problem is that I'm not developing my ideas well enough to get them across clearly.
Both problems stem from trying to cram too many ideas into a single post. So, in an ongoing effort to improve my writing skills, my next goal is to make my posts shorter, simpler, and clearer.
The way I figure it, a typical reader will take - maybe - 30 seconds to check out any one post. If I can't get my point across in that amount of time, it will probably be lost.
Let me know how I'm doing.
Related Tags: writing, blogging, clarity, simplicity, navel-gazing
posted by Matt at Monday, April 17, 2006
2 Comments:
Your blog is too simplistic and waaaaay too short.
Wait, have I been here enough times to kid around yet?
No, Thurm - you can comment/criticize all you want, so long as you don't make fun of me for listening to worship albums from Australian Youth bands (see next post).
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