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  • I like this very much. I always fret about extra words. As Freud said, "Shorter is better." (Well, actually he didn't say exactly that, and he was talking about jokes, not penises.) Y...
  • ...there?) Visually, it must be easy on the eyes, clean, well- paced. For me, the pacing is sentence structure. Long sentences broken up by shorter phrases. Shorter paragraphs. It drives me craz...
  • ...couldn't imagine, I am famished and welcome the fragrant repast. I don't want you to be jealous, but I've met the most wonderful man. He's much shorter than you and gray. Not shy or...
  • ...en" thing to do lately, but my eyes have a hard time reading through those layouts. So, aesthetics is a big one for me. Then, I agree with Diane: shorter posts, not too much personal...
  • ...t three times a week, and am managing four posts some weeks. I started my blog writing longer essay-like posts, but now I'm breaking them up with shorter ones. I try to stick to a Mon...
  • ...links, you have to post the URL in your message, and since the message has a very limited number of characters, I usually go to Tiny URL to get a shorter address.
  • I have said the same thing to students about personal essays, but feel because that form is much shorter, it's different; something has to be resolved or discovered by the end. There is a review of my book, I Was a Teenage Dominatrix, that called my ending 'too' happy. Ya can't win!