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Do You Need To Learn How To Write Longer Articles?
A short case for being careful of your articles’ length
After writing for more than a year, I have started noticing my articles are starting to be longer and longer.
While I originally had a goal of writing articles between 300 and 500 words as a way to stay consistent without rambling too much, I now often end up with more than a thousand words.
For writers of Medium, with the new rule of getting paid by the time of reading spent, it would appear to be a good thing.
But in our society with a low concentration span, that could also work against you.
If you’re trying to make it as a new writer, the consensus is that practice makes perfect, so you should write consistently.
But writing longer articles should not become a synonym of the above!
As you get better at organizing your thoughts and managing your creativity in more productive ways, it would seem articles should become shorter instead of longer.
Indeed, you could summarize what would have originally taken 200 words in just a few sentences, resulting in much more condensed and informative articles.
