Awrite. Second post of the day. Seems like I’ve got nothing better to do. Or that I want to increase the posts so that the blog doesn’t look so forlorn. Either way, it does get a little longer. And that, for most people is a put off. Specially, when the fonts are pretty small (that has been taken care of now) and the clock is set to New Zealand standard time (wonder why it didn’t get noticed). So while doing all this tweaking, I thought one more post today won’t hurt much.
So where were we? Ah! The length. The single most sinister thing that prevents people from reading your posts. You might have got good enough page hits but hey, how many people have actually read all the entries? Let’s have role reversals. How many really long blog entries have you read? I am sure that won’t be a big number (unless you are tied up with some stupid site which reviews blogs. Seriously, do we need a blog review?).
Keeping it short is the in thing. Even the newspapers know that. Look at the articles 10 years ago and look at ‘em now. They, like the bikini, have only grown smaller. But the thing to note is that they are on paper which is much easier to read than text on a monitor. And they have a much pleasant font size and style than most blogs (including this one).
Well my point is do we need to write so much? Shorter yet articulate posts have a much higher probability of being read than full length professional articles. Hope mine is short enough to get the point through. And hope the fonts are just of the right size. And oh, I guess the bikini is getting smaller quicker than the articles in the morning papers (and the post picture really doesn't make any sense).
3 comments:
since its your blog, eventually its your prerogative whether to keep it short or lengthy..
and yes, also depends on who's your blog-audience...you yourself or somebody who really cares about your blog posts, or a bored stranger who accidently lands up at you blog space in search of something 'different' or somebody who gives a damn...
People will care about your blog posts once they think you got enough potential. And yeah, the audience is a big factor. Also, there are more good writers than good readers. We tend to ignore the fact that more content is being produced than consumed. So it's a safe bet to serve them in small portions. But then,you really don't have to care for stuff if u write for yourself.
Hmm. About the length. Well, true that it is your prerogative as Bohemian mentioned. But I do not agree as to it depending on your blog audience. The way you write fetches you the audience, not the other way around. That'd mean you're a sell-out and well, blogs were started to voice your opinion in a fashion you find fit. So ultimately it comes down to how you want it written.
And as far as long posts are concerned, I believe that if the blogger has the talent to keep it interesting till the end, it will find its audience.
pooF.
PS: Coincidentally, I've a long post up! :)
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