In writing articles, paragraph are either short and sweet, or long and engaging. Which do you prefer and how do you do it? More corious,
I tend to write shorter paragraphs. I heard this helps the reader. They are more likely to finish content broken up into smaller pieces.
This advice is for bloggers though. So I am not sure if this holds true for longer style content like on HubPages. I still think it helps.
I think smaller paragraphs look nicer on smaller mobile devices.
Most people nowadays are reading on their phones so shorter paragraphs are better because they are easier to read on a phone. I usually only have one or two sentences in each of my paragraphs.
I try to write shorter paragraphs because people's attention spans on the Internet are short. They'e not conducting academic research, they just want quick answers or to be entertained.
by Susan Ng-Yu 16 years ago
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by Lily Rose 15 years ago
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by Theresa Ast 12 years ago
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by Eric Dierker 12 years ago
I have some favorite hubbers but they tend to write quite lengthy hubs. Do not get me wrong, they are great writers and their hubs say a lot. I really like a lot of the responses to questions, but wish they would elaborate more. How do you strike a balance?
by Don Bobbitt 10 years ago
I just finished reading a great Hub. But, it was around 1500 words and several paragraphs were 300-400 words long.Gone are the days of saving typewriter paper. Open your articles up with plenty of "White Space". White Space is FREE! Writers need to make their articles easily readable.DON
by Benji Mester 14 years ago
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