I'll admit...there are many times I start reading a blog post and it loses me and I'm barely a quarter of the way in. Is there a need for such lengthy blog posts???
I do see many posts, for writers, giving writing advice...so yes, those sometimes have to be long.
Me, I like short posts. I like being able to read some great piece of advice or a quirky story, then comment and be on my merry way. Maybe it's because my blog reading time is limited....if I only have half an hour....it stinks to only read one or two.
I try to keep my blog posts short and sweet. I try to make them interesting and able to be read quickly!
What about you??? Do you try to keep posts short..do you strive for epic posts???
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My posts are usually longer because of the writing advice thing, but I try to break them up into bullet points and such, so that it can be skimmed if someone is in a hurry and just wants to hit the highlights.
ReplyDeleteIf I go on a site and it's huge blocks of text, I tend to skip a lot of it since I try to follow so many blogs. I also find huge excerpts of fiction on blogs hard to get through no matter how excellent the writing.
I don't think there is a best for me. Sometimes I love the short posts, somethings I hate them. Sometimes I love the long posts, sometimes I don't.
ReplyDeleteDepends on my mood I guess. But I also have more than 30 minutes throughout the day to browse them.
I can see why you'd dislike long ones. :D
I make the post as long as it needs to be to get my point across - but I do admit, I try to keep my posts as short as possible, or at least try to break them up so they are easy to read. If I have something that's going to obviously be in-depth and crazy long, I do the post in a series.
ReplyDeleteI often star the longer posts to read when I have more time.
I try to keep mine as short as I can. I don't mind long posts as long as they have a point. I tend to skim long, meandering blogs.
ReplyDeletedepends on my mood - whetehr i write or read long posts.
ReplyDeleteSame here-I don't "try" to write a long post or a short one. I pick whatever topic I feel like writing that day-and let it flow.
ReplyDeleteSome days-it takes more time to discuss a topic than others.
I have to say though-I prefer a long, well thought out blog post than a short about "nothing" post. If blogging is a way for those of us who love to write to do so-then I think two paragraphs kind of defeats that purpose.
Then again, I'm also long winded-as you can see by this comment. LOL
Oh-and I also limit my blog reading to a handful that I "really" like.
ReplyDeleteI guess it does depend on what your purpose of blogging is. If it's your only creative outlet...then yeah, I guess blogs would tend to be longer. At this point, I'm still not positive what my blogging purpose is!! I wanted to meet new people and mingle with other writers...commiserate..celebrate!
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