RANDOM RANT- Why when reading some bloggers posts you get the distinct impression they don’t care about forming coherent sentences for you to easily digest, they only want to talk and talk until you just want to reach through the screen so you can shake some actual sense out of t-t-t-t-them

I was reading Emily Bell’s column in the Media Guardian on Monday, and she had am interesting slant on newspapers and their inflexibility.

“Is this article already too long?” she enquired, but went on to explain that even if the answer is yes, she still has to “carry on writing until the space is full.”

Only problem was, her article itself demonstrated this issue better than she could have ever imagined. Her incisive opening paragraphs told you all you needed to know. The subsequent paragraphs were nothing but empty waffle. She might argue, but it is the sad truth. The article could have easily been half it’s length without surrendering anything of note.

Writing can be a superbly rewarding pastime. The fact you can carve out lyrical, emotive passages as well as rip-roaringly close to the knuckle arguments from mere words is a wonderful thing.

Newspapers’ slow death may mean the end of rigid structure and writer defined content, but I fear its replacement is a far bigger threat to truly great and worthwhile writing.

With blogs now commonplace, it is all too easy to find someone who rambles for paragraphs on end. On and on they go, with no clear structure, puking over you with their incessant and seemingly endless stream of consciousness.

Trying to remain enthusiastic while reading someone’s thoughts but seeing you are only a small fraction of the way through several hundreds of words can be a difficult task. In most cases it’s not worth wading through the verbal stodge.

So I ask; is it possible to have an easy halfway solution? Is there a middle ground that can be reached between newspapers rigid chains and the internet’s infinite word dump?

I fear not. The incentive to ramble on is far too tempting for some. Where else are they going to get their thoughts off their chests? But I won’t take any more of your time. I’ve gone on too long already.