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I stopped reading after the fifth one sentence paragraph or so. Author needs to stop reading successful bloggers telling them how to write for the internet. It
by iainctduncan 5y ago
I stopped reading after the fifth one sentence paragraph or so. Author needs to stop reading successful bloggers telling them how to write for the internet. It just seemed to me like the article style was a symptom of the problem it was supposedly about.
That kind of writing
is so bloody annoying
please read some books
and then write more.
- danuker 5y agoI am also guilty of this. Can you give me an example of a blogpost you enjoyed reading?
- 0des 5y agoLondon Review of Books has quite a few.
- xmprt 5y agoI agree. I don't even mind short paragraphs because I think they can be used for good effect but not if it's every single paragraph. It just strikes me as lazy writing. If each sentence is its own paragraph then you don't have to worry about structuring the article well or writing transitions or intro/outro sentences.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoIt’s called broetry.
- robohoe 5y agoThis maybe just an anecdotal conjecture, but I've noticed this a lot lately with many news sites. It seems that with the advent of social media and smart phones, our attention spans have drastically shortened. Now all the articles have paragraphs that are 2-3 sentences long.
- Wistar 5y agoIn between which are often gratuitous photos and ads.
- xmprt 5y agoI think if anything, you need a longer attention span to read articles like this. I can no longer quickly skim through an article to get the gist. Instead I have to read every single "paragraph" because there's no way to know which ones are worth reading. That's much slower and requires much more attention.
- iainctduncan 5y agoexactly. It's a totally misguided style. I guess it's supposed to make it easier to read, but instead (to me) it makes it absolutely painful. In my mind's ear I hear this giant Captain Kirk dramatic pause after each sentence. So bad.
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