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TOPolk, that’s something I forget when it comes to posting, adding pictures. It does break up the text and gives you something else to look at. I like pictures that are teachers within themselves, that kind of tell a story without the text. I have to look for more of them, thanks for that reminder.

Sandy, it’s like that some times.

Shilpan I tried accessing that website, but the link does not work. Well English is like my 36th language so I don’t have any grammar skills, so I can’t speak on that, but I can format the heck out of a short paragraph if that’s what it takes. Make it look nice. ;/

Lana, I will say that is one thing I love about your blog, the links you incorporate in your posts. It helps me get a better understanding of what you’re writing about. It’s so funny that you should mention this “epidemic of intellectual laziness”. The original title of this post was titled with a similar thought in mind, but I changed it later. I might resurrect the thought at a later time.

Hi Chase, no I don’t think we need to dumb down information, my focus was on what attracts readers and how the eye responds to what it see. I figure we have a few seconds to grab a visitor, do we punch them in a face with a great opening line? Wow them with a picture, throw a statistic at them? As an EC user, I’m starting to drop my card a lot more, I’m not reading blogs, I’m doing a drop and run, but there have been a few that have caught my eye and those are the ones I put in my reader or leave a comment on.

Marelisa, it’s something to think about. If your audience is asleep, you have to wake them up, somehow. Thanks for the reminder to make my font bigger

Vered, I feel the same way. I write and hope for the best. There are some things that should be considered and if we’re trying to, at first, catch a web surfer’s eye, then the “how” seems important. I’ll be there tomorrow to read your post, no matter how long it is.

JEMi, I already know that about your blog, so I save your posts for when I have time to sit down and really read them. It’s not a drive thru over at InMyHeels, it’s a sit down gourmet meal. If you wrote a short post, I would feel cheated.

RG, the first post I read of yours was a long one, but you were still able to capture my attention and I read it all and I was surfing.

Chris, that’s a great formula.

Girlfriend is back! Uh Meleah, you would be doing more gurgling if you hung yourself, don’t do that. keke. Okay I read your long posts ’cause I’m afraid I’m going to miss something funny. I run on and dot dot dot think one thing and type another myself. I’m glad you’re back too, can’t wait to read about your vaka…your pictures are great!

Corrina yours is another I can read with no problem no matter how long or short it is. I even read your tweets, is that what they’re called?

Confused, life gets hectic, we skim, we skip, we block read and in the process when we slow down we find something great. I have.

Kathy, even my print is almost too small for me. You’ve made it easier for people to leave comments on your blog and it works. Great point to remember: Would I read this?

I’m with Corrina. A post that’s too long really has to be compelling for me to read every word and read to the end. I try to remember that when I’m writing my own posts. I always ask myself “Would I read this whole thing? Or would I skim/skip?”

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THANK YOU sooooooo much for all of your WONDERFUL comments on my Flickr Account of the vacation shots.

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I try to make short, clean simple paragraphs, but mostly, I am a run-on-sentence freak and that makes for messy posts.

meleah rebeccahs last blog post..I AM HOME

As you’re aware… I tell crazy-ass true stories on my blog that can get lengthy so what I’ll do sometimes is break a long story into multiple posts which also hopefully creates some anticipation in my readers

Pictures help… links are great… and just like you did here… asking a question or two at the end of your post definitely baits more comments