Comments on: Three Tips to Avoid Being a Boring Writer

By: thenakedlistener

thenakedlistener — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:35:36 +0000

I’m kind of upset by this post. Not at the post writer, and not at the commenters. I learnt to do all three of those things before I started school. Sure, I started school at 12, a helluva lot later than most usually do, but that’s another story. I learnt this from drafting business letters for Dad, who amazingly did use one or two of them. I’m upset because I’m still surprised that otherwise blameless people still needs to be told this. What I find pleasant is there are still people today like you who still reminds us those three good and goodly tips. Nice one that.

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By: D. Friend

D. Friend — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:03:39 +0000

So I may be a year late on commenting but what a wonderful post. This is what I’ve been looking for. Thanks

By: Holly Wilcox

Holly Wilcox — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:31:29 +0000

If something is boring, it doesn’t matter whether it is short or long. Does writing need to speed up to nearly real time to keep the attention of the reader?

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By: Natural

Natural — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:30:20 +0000

i like using the short paragraphs. it definitely helps because people don’t seem to read as much as they used to. the short paragraphs are less intimidating.

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By: Andrew Richter

Andrew Richter — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:46:00 +0000

Mary,

Thanks for your response. My money’s on Strunk and White. It’s the industry standard and has been for a half century. The AP Stylebook only mentions one guide outside of its bibliography — guess which one. I teach a continuing education editing course at Rutgers, and it’s what I use, and my son’s tenth-grade honors English teacher is using it exclusively to teach writing.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m not arguing for interminable paragraphs, nor is the point to write things that don’t matter. Another poster above says it’s all about the reader, and it is. Single-line graphs are distracting and never allow ideas to come together.

By: Kim Hillman

Kim Hillman — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:28:57 +0000

Great post! I can see a variety of uses for this information both online and off! Especially in my field – writing booklets!

With today’s short attention spans, it makes sense to write shorter sentences, shorter paragraphs, and shorter manuscripts!