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Originally Posted by roger64
Well, this is very well said, David. Tweets are shorter for sure and, as everyone knows it, the shorter, the better.
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I would disagree with your comment about everyone knows. What I do believe is that there is a point where too many words are being used.
The traditional example being the opening sentence of
Paul Clifford written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."
The "It was a dark and stormy night" works well for me. It catches your attention. The rest of the sentence tries to establish just how dark and how stormy the night was is, in my opinion, not necessary and detracts from the story.
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Originally Posted by roger64
Mostly for copyright reasons (life +70), I publish EPUB written by some "turgid" authors. I also must confess that sometimes (always at dark), I read some of them. At least those who share such decadent tastes like me have now a choice. For this reason, I will definitely keep Kobo Patcher on and let you enjoy the long paragraph bug.
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I have several older books in my library though I seldom read them in the dark. Does that add a certain spice to your enjoyment of them? On the other hand, it is nice to know that such reading is now considered decadent. Hmmmm.... Pamela, a glass of absinthe and the glow of my Kobo's display in a darkened room...
Regards,
David