Tbf, 95% of the time when you see "Too many words" on here, they don't actually mean that

there are too many words. That's just a trope that's grown on here (and doubtless elsewhere) over the last decade. What they're really saying is not "too many words" but "too poorly written".

Really, if you want 1000 words worth of my attention, you'd better be capable of 1000 words of unclich?d, paragraphed, punctuated writing, and actually have a point. Otherwise, sorry, Too Many Words.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on February 3rd 2015 at 13:49:53

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That article MBK linked to earlier is excellent. Its long but worth the time if you can (NCFC) - megson, Feb 3, 13:00:13
- This is the key paragraph for me: (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 3, 14:30:17
- It's a good read, well written (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 3, 14:24:50
- This article should be printed out (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 3, 13:46:23
- it takes a long time to get there, but the 2nd half is good (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 3, 13:26:55
  - Yes, the Hipsters bit misses the point a little (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Feb 3, 14:05:44
- Too many words (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 3, 13:24:54
  - lol. arrers (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 3, 14:51:38
  - Ha ha pots and kettles (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Feb 3, 13:48:23
- I done a read. Good stuff. (NCFC) - CauldRon, Feb 3, 13:10:47
  - Tbf, 95% of the time when you see "Too many words" on here, they don't actually mean that (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Feb 3, 13:49:53
    - Yeah TL;DR (NCFC) - CauldRon, Feb 3, 15:20:58
    - vmt - I doubt anyone has an issue with reading 1000 words (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Feb 3, 14:04:02

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