Oh man :/ Bad news for me, 'cause I'm here to write, lol. I'm totally kidding; it is sad to know that we're losing our ability to focus, however. Reading your article kind of made me want to smash my phone, to be honest (in a good way).
I've also found breaking down your articles into bite-sized chunks is successful. My problem is, is if I've also written a decent amount(which I commonly do), I get lost in the formation of those chunks: too long? too short? am i breaking up my own idea? is this picture in the right place? can i use this picture? why am i using this picture? how much are people willing to scroll?
It gets overwhelming. It's tough to find a happy medium. Nice article mudcat! I didn't know(although I subconsciously assumed) about the negative impacts the modern world is having on our ability to hold attention, so it was pretty interesting to me that we have surpassed the goldfish LOL
Lol. I know how you feel. I love to write as well and can get incredibly enthusiastic about it and rattle on and on and on. It's odd as when I showed up on Steemit I wanted to just write short stories, long stories, and how to guides. Oddly now I barely write stories and try to do more how to material or material to try and help others. I recently have started to switch everything off and grab a book though. I didn't realize that recently I had stopped doing that so I pumped the digital brakes and started putting it in park to make time for reading in my own quite space. Having said this, on occasions I will treat Steemit like a free ebook store. We do have some great writers on this site. Well, talented people all around really. I appreciate you stopping by and am heading over to your blog now to check out your post. :)
Also, on the book note- I am ashamed to say that I'm currently looking at the 4 novels I bought from a clearance bin about a month ago, all of which I'm very interested in, sitting in a stack on my coffee table, untouched :/
You can throw me into your 2 person group, I bought a book, a paperback cost almost $10.00, I am still amazed at how much the prices went up, and it sits on my shelf waiting to be read, David Weber "How Firm a Foundation", I like his work, and I love reading, but with steemit, I just need to re prioritize some real reading time, but when I start a book, I want to finish it.
I've gotten a lot more into short story compilations lately. A cop out; maybe. But it certainly fits into my schedule better; especially when there are long breaks between reading time. I get so caught up in so many different things that otherwise, I start to get confused about what fits in where :)
It's also a great opportunity to discover new authors! I only bring it up because, like you, it's hard for me to start a book and not commit to it. I've never read any of David Weber's work, but I will certainly keep it mind per your suggestion :)
I know! When I first joined, actually, I was introduced by a friend who knew that I quasi-wanted to write horror fiction. I saw this as a place where I was going to start trying to do that.
I've done absolutely nothing of the sort, however, and have instead been sharing/reviewing things of interest to me. I always tell myself I'm just "practicing" my writing skills, which I guess is certainly true to some extent. It's almost like an outlet :)
I have found some incredible writers on the site, as well as people of all talents. I just finished reading the first 8 chapters of a book being published on Steem by @dougkarr , and I was really impressed. I'm looking forward to more from him, for sure :)
Thanks for swinging by my page. I'm not sure why that particular post got a @curie vote this morning, but I am certainly ever-grateful that it did. I really appreciate you taking the time to read and comment, because despite that vote I don't think many people are actually reading it :/