Small writing on Medium is Large
The perfect read-time of Medium articles and how it affects my reading and writing.
When you scan through articles on Medium, what helps you determine which articles to read? Do you look at the Title? Do you look at the Featured Image? What about the amount of time that it would take to read the article? Ding, ding, ding!
I tend to breeze through the titles, take a quick glance at the Featured Image, notice the time it will take to read the article, and then decide if the amount of time to read the article is worth the reading commitment. This may seem a little cold and calculating, but don’t you do the same thing? I would suspect I’m not alone in this calculative investment process.
Not only does this help me contemplate what I’m going to read, it also makes me consider the length of my own articles when I’m writing. I want my writing to be in consumable pieces that viewers will consider reading.
This spurs on an argument in my head — finally putting those extra voices to use — about whether I’m writing for others or if I’m writing for myself.
“You should write…
