A question that is often asked in connection with writings is about the perfect length. And as often as it is asked, there are probably so many different answers. “And now you have to add your mustard as well?” You may ask yourself now. Yes, I have to. Precisely because the question is asked so often and because I would like to express my own personal opinion on it.
It is easy to say that perfect writing is as long as it has to be to achieve its goal. It’s long enough to say all the important, relevant things and answer questions. And it’s short enough not to bore your readers. In my opinion, this applies to any type of writing – whether it is website writing, blog article or email.
Tips on correct writing length
Now you could say that if I stick to my own guidelines, this blog article would end here. Because the question asked at the beginning has been answered. However, I would like to explain a little and give you one or two tips by hand.
I don’t believe in lengthy writings just to reach a certain number of words, because some maybe even clever person once said that a writer must have at least 1,500 words in order to be good (or to be found on Google or what do I know).
300 or 3,000 – the main thing is that you answer my questions!
But if you provide 1,500 words of concentrated information and use it to answer my questions – ideally also those that I haven’t asked myself yet – then your writing can be that long, or even longer. But if you deliver all the important information in 300 words, in a nutshell, stick to these 300 words. According to Ghostwriting LLC, If the writing is really good, then it doesn’t matter if it has 300 or 3,000 words, it is read and shared.
Size doesn’t matter, content does
To put it another way: The most important thing is the content. If that’s good, the length of the writing is almost irrelevant. (Okay, when it’s half a novel, it will of course be difficult, but in that case, you should consider selling an e-book instead of giving everything away in a blog article or something. And writing with it only two or three sentences should in most cases not be the yellow of the egg.)
Now I could add a few other arguments for the fact that the length of writing always lags behind good content. But actually, the most important thing has been said.
