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Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Cats — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:56:09 -0000

Your blog is so informative. Keep up the good work!!!!

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

JerseyMic — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:16:09 -0000

I agree. I try to keep my own posts on my NJ open mic blog concise. It's hard sometimes to keep back some of the full-fledged details, but you have to hope that anyone seriously interested would ask for more.

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Scott — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:23:54 -0000

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Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Blog Bloke — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:43:46 -0000

Exactly my point Sue! There are just too many sploggers out there recycling information that's already been said and done. They make me ill and it's a game that I refuse to play.

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Sueblimely — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:58:29 -0000

I have been following this sort of principal - trouble is I am hardly writing lately :-) Sometimes I get the feeling that it has all been said before and there is nothing new or different I can contribute.

Sueblimely's last blog post..What are the Cows and Conns of Making Money Online

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Blog Bloke — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:11:00 -0000

More or less ;-)

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Trevor — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:06:00 -0000

"Less is more."

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Kuanyin — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:58:00 -0000

Yup...said the same thing on a post recently about building blog abs. We need to take a break sometimes, re-consider what we're posting, and this way our blogs will be bettah!

It's good news to see the happy collaboration!

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Susanna — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:57:00 -0000

One technique I learned in songwriting also works for regular writing: remove as many words as you can. You're left with a core of meaning and shorter sentences that are easier to read.

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Dana — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:44:00 -0000

That is probably my biggest struggle. I have tried to trim a bit and add some visual things to help draw people through.

But I'm working on it!

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Blog Bloke — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:05:00 -0000

Does that go for you and I as well ;-)

Thanks for dropping Brian.

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Brian Clark — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:02:00 -0000

Great quote... seems I've seen it somewhere before.

Good also to see you two have kissed and made up. :)

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Blog Bloke — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:07:00 -0000

Thanks for dropping by and the great comments everyone. Since I'm ill right now and can't write as often as I would like, I guess I will have no problem following this advice. :)

Cheers!

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Fergie — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:07:00 -0000

...interesting, I've always thought the more the better...in terms of frequency of posts as well...but in the end, I have to agree it really comes down to quality content

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Susheel — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:01:00 -0000

I could do with a dose of under-dosage in my own blog... I'm taking this advice.

Thanks, Blog Bloke & Darren!

Susheel

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Pat B. Doyle — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:17:00 -0000

Good reminder! I tend to be kind of wordy too. If I just take the time, I can usually cut out a lot of extraneous words.

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

hak — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:04:00 -0000

I write for a living and can be incredibly concise for work that involves a paycheck. My blogzine, however, can be a different story.

I'm also trying to trim off the fat and just leave readers with the meat.

hak

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Aaron — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:35:00 -0000

Yup, I struggle with this every time I post!

I believe 100% in my writing ability and know that if anyone takes the time to read every word, they will get the message.

However, when "every word" turns into a post that takes more than just a few minutes to read, people start dropping off.

Ah, the dangers of being a motor mouth... :)

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

April — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:14:00 -0000

I wish bloggers would publish less, I find it difficult to keep up with everything. Which is why I've had to slash a lot of my RSS subscriptions - I wasn't getting any work done!

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Juggling Frogs — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:46:00 -0000

This guest post and the reconciliation it represents makes me very, very happy.

May you both know every success.

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Kathy Frederick — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:32:00 -0000

I'm notoriously verbose. Less is more, but less is hard! I'm practicing my editing more than ever, and I'm thrilled if I can cut 20% of my content and lose nothing in the process.

If anyone thinks writing short blog post is difficult, try writing a story at OneSentence.org.

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Darren Rowse — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:08:00 -0000

thanks for the opportunity to contribute.

Re: Leave Out the Parts that People Will Skip

Blog Bloke — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:33:00 -0000

Let me be the first comment and welcome you Darren to the house of Blog Bloke.

I totally agree with your conclusions... less is more and quality is better than quantity when it comes to writing.

Now if I can only figure out how to narrow a post down to one-liners like Scoble and Dave Winer do and I'll be an a-lister for sure ;-).

Thanks for the great post. Cheers!

...BB