Monday, November 9, 2009

Brevity vs. Wordiness

For years, I tried to fire up the old writing drive within me, only to be met with sputtering misfires at best.  Now, though, I find myself at the other extreme.  Not only am I refueled and ignited in my passion for words, I fear I’ve been running a bit amuck with them, like a maniac with a chainsaw.

Okay, perhaps that’s being a tad bit dramatic…

Nevertheless, in rereading some of my more recent blog posts, I’m realizing that I’m overdoing it with wordiness.  So the question I’m now wrestling with is – what is a decent length for an average post?  Short and sweet often suffices, but what constitutes ‘too long’?

Then again, if I truly am writing for my own sake, does it even matter?

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