Anything more than a couple of paragraphs is nothing more than too much in an age when it’s no longer about getting the most but just enough to get by. My weakness as a writer is control—knowing when is too much or too far over someone’s head.
During his You Tube interview with Google Conan O’Brian expressed the importance of social networking. He’s become a walking billboard promoting this nation’s new face of communication.
Parents scolding kids for ten minutes to two hours are over. If your boss shares more than 140 characters…tune out.
Paging through an extremely thin Time Magazine…words aren’t what people want. Thoughts sell not research or reason of their being a backbone to a great story.
My eleventh grade Creative Writing teacher wins…the first paragraph is the most important part of someone’s reading adventure. Inside a year Harry Potter books will be numbered into the 200’s. Local newspapers will start resembling church bulletins and restaurant menus will be a passing thought—we’ll be forced to assume Chicken Noodle is the soup of the day.
In 2010 shorter means impact. I should’ve listened to my Dad thirty years ago, “Shut up…just shut the h*ll up!”
And I will…
Today’s total count: 198 words, 979 characters without spaces, 1,187 with, 6 paragraphs and 22 lines.
“Shut up…just shut the h*ll up!”
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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