One of my favourite podcasts is Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s Ways to Change the World. His final question to every guest is, If you could change the world in any way, what would you change?
I think of those prompts, “Jump to recipe.” This is when you look up a recipe and they tell you all about why they love the recipe for paragraphs upon paragraphs, and all you want is to know how to combine kale and tomatoes and beans into an interesting dish. I hit “jump to recipe” and it gives me a sense of purpose and satisfaction. Reading your writings is like that; A sense of learning something useful; taking it with you without having to read a lot before the punchline.
My understanding about looooong posts on recipe blogs is that the writers don't like them either but it's the only way to get their pages to near the top of Google search results. They are writing for a computer in hopes that the computer will show their post to humans. Thus the rise of the 'jump to recipe' button.
Free publishing has democratized writing and editors everywhere are cringing and screaming into the void: KILL YOUR DARLINGS! 😂 “Half as long” is much less violent, you’re right.
I think of those prompts, “Jump to recipe.” This is when you look up a recipe and they tell you all about why they love the recipe for paragraphs upon paragraphs, and all you want is to know how to combine kale and tomatoes and beans into an interesting dish. I hit “jump to recipe” and it gives me a sense of purpose and satisfaction. Reading your writings is like that; A sense of learning something useful; taking it with you without having to read a lot before the punchline.
Thanks so much, Jill.
My understanding about looooong posts on recipe blogs is that the writers don't like them either but it's the only way to get their pages to near the top of Google search results. They are writing for a computer in hopes that the computer will show their post to humans. Thus the rise of the 'jump to recipe' button.
Free publishing has democratized writing and editors everywhere are cringing and screaming into the void: KILL YOUR DARLINGS! 😂 “Half as long” is much less violent, you’re right.