Comments on: Actual copywriting (and no a sensational headline doesn’t count)

By: Are You A Lazy Blogger? » The J Spot

Are You A Lazy Blogger? » The J Spot — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:59:33 +0000

[...] AhmedF says bloggers tend to ramble a lot, and oftentimes it’s easier to go on rambling instead of going back to edit your material to make sure it’s organized and sensible. [...]

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:54:08 +0000

Yep I own that book

By: ia

ia — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:09:22 +0000

One of the basic tenets of “The Elements of Style” by Strunk & White. That book(let) proves their points.

By: Keeping It Short And Simple » Jack Of All Blogs

Keeping It Short And Simple » Jack Of All Blogs — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:58:34 +0000

[...] Here’s a good example. AhmedF has a case study at TechSoapbox. He rambles and rambles, and 15 minutes after, he edits his ramblings and came up with a shorter (although not significantly so) article, but a better read at that! [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:32:50 +0000

I agree completely. There is nothing worse than reading a blog post that is 5 paragraphs long, searching through all of it just to find the one sentence of actual news that you’re looking for (I’m looking at YOU, Apple Insider!).

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:16:10 +0000

I love it. As you say “get to the point”.

By: Fred Dentello

Fred Dentello — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:19:54 +0000

It seems that â€œwriting is human, editing is divineâ€, as they say.