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Much has been said. Battles have been waged. Mel Gibson has shouted, “Freedom!”
How long should your blog post be? 100 words? 200? 600?
There’s no answer, but there are some pointers.
- If Your Reader Gets Bored, It’s Too Long.
- If The Story’s Not Done, It’s Too Short.
- If You Can Cut Out Words Without Losing The Gist Of It, It’s Too Long.
- If Your Paralegal Can’t Understand, It’s Too Short.
- If You Can Submit It To The Book-Of-The-Month Club, It’s Too Long.
This blog post was designed not to give you the answer, but to make you realize something important – a blog post is not a treatise, it’s a short entry that discusses one small topic in a clear, concise way. If that means you’ve got to spend 700 words, then by all means do so; provided, however, that you can be entertaining and insightful for that long. But if something can be explained and clarified in 200 words then by all means – don’t muck it up by rambling.
This post clocks in at 176 words, and that’s all I need.
Photo courtesy of capn madd matt. (This line not included in word count stated above)
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