No, they cancelled the show at the end of last season.

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Do they write Denny Crane out of the show..? That’s a shame – he’s great..! Here in Hong Kong we’re always several series behind, so Denny’s still with us

Whether it’s the social media or just the incredible overflow of information, people increasingly expect instant information/results/gratification or whatever.

As in anything to do with persuading people, if you talk in their terms you’re more likely to see success. Hence my preference for short sentences, paragraphs and a ‘write as I speak’ style.

Martin.

That is the only role that James Spader played where I actually liked him, and I did not even relate to his character. I miss Denny Crane!

After reading your reply, I am starting to think that my long sentences are an accurate reflection of the way I talk (with just a little more thought and grammar). I can imagine that one would quickly get tired and lost by both reading and listening to my words. Why? Because it happens all the time.

I have a tendency to chase all the chickens out of the coop, but I usually manage to bring them all back home to roost. The apostle Paul writes this way too. He is my favorite Biblical author yet it is quite tiring to read him for a long period of time, and I often find myself having to re-read passages. What great stuff is in his chickens though!

Being nowhere near the level of Paul, I must confess that I am not very disciplined when it comes to my writing. I can clearly see the benefit in SEO by staying completely focused on topic. It would also help me to get down to the 500 to 700 word limit that most readers require for blog posts. It seems many of my comments are longer than some blogger’s posts!

I’m afraid that social media is just driving attention spans down further with their 140 characters or less dictates and the invention of micro-blogging. Ugh! I feel myself talking me into the need for shorter sentences as I write this reply. Best to end it now before I am completely sold.

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Seriously, it’s a difficult balance to achieve because changing your writing style is likely to make you seem stilted, at least at first. And that’s likely to have a negative impact in the short term.

However, I do think short sentences are important. I know if I’m faced with long sentences I feel instantly tired. Only if sentences are really well constructed do I enjoy reading long ones.

Unfortunately many articles that contain long sentences do so because the author wasn’t sufficiently disciplined to focus on the specific points they were making. That results in long sentences making multiple points, and that completely loses me.

Cheers,

Martin.

I can live with shorter paragraphs (mainly because my blog theme forces it), but I LOVE to write long sentences. Why not use parenthical statements, hyphenated clauses, introductory phrases, and don’t even get me started on conjuctions? I know the answer, but it doesn’t mean I have to like it.

The largest difference between the way I speak and the way I write is the use of “for whom, to whom, for which, in which” etc. I never do it when I speak, but I do it religiously in writing – even in emails.

In all seriousness, really great points. I am so far away from doing this though. Perhaps it would be easier for me to learn to speak the way I write?

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