#55 Writing Style
WRITING STYLE
OK, for some constructive criticism… don't get your feeling hurt.
The first, easiest & most beneficial improvement you can make in your writing style is to use more ‘white-space’. What does that mean?
Instead of filling a whole page with one or two paragraphs (all run together) with several topics within a paragraph, have several paragraphs that have only one sentence with only one topic in each.
Plus have as few words per sentence as possible. Write the way you would talk to a 12 year old. Use simple words, short sentences, only one topic per paragraph & lots of paragraphs.
If you fill a page with continuous text & no paragraph breaks, folks will look at it and refuse to read it.
Recent Comments
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I'm one who can tend to be long-winded. Using short paragraphs and leaving a lot of white space has also helped me cut out lots of unnecessary words.
True! Sometimes I'm still guilty of chunky blocks of text but I am definitely a fan of incorporating white space (and proper grammar and spelling).
Very true, even if it's an article your very interested in. The internet gas caused people to have shorter attention spans, and therefore our reading style/ability to focus long enough to a long wordy page gas been affected.
I strongly agree with you. I have always refused the page without paragraphs. I even don't like the book without paragraphs. I believe that I'm not the only one with this kind of behavior. :)
Great tip!