I am not what you would call long winded. I tend not to speak unless I have something to say. When I do speak, I’m usually very clear and to the point. If I’m comfortable and I have a lot to say, then I might talk a lot, but it’s not hard to get your words in there too. I won’t keep talking when it’s clear you’re not listening. In fact, if you so much as look away or show the slightest bit of disinterest, I will probably stop talking or finish whatever I’m saying very quickly.
I am, however, what you might call long writed. I write a lot, even when I don’t think I have that much to say. I can’t tell you how many posts I’ve started thinking that I would just throw a quick idea out there for your consideration and then I find myself 700 words later.
Even right here in the space this sentence is taking up, I originally had a paragraph that began a whole discussion of long-form versus short-form blog posts (to sum up, I prefer medium-form). One idea spins off into a million more, and it’s why I’ve never been at a loss for what to blog about.
We try to make writing a less daunting task by saying, “just write like you speak,” but writing is its own medium and it is quite different from speaking. Writing allows time to be deliberate, but I find I’m more deliberate in speech than I am in writing. When I write, the worlds just pour out of my head and it’s a wonderful feeling.
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I’m definitely long writed. When I speak, I try to keep it to the point… unless it’s something I have a strong opinion about.
From the video blogs you’ve posted, I DO think you write like you speak. I don’t think it’s a bad thing.
“When I write, the worlds just pour out of my head and it’s a wonderful feeling.”
It is a wonderful feeling.
@ashley My friends say that I write like I speak, except they can’t figure out why when I speak, I’m grammatically correct but when I write, it’s such a different story.
spoken like a true writer :)
It’s a lot easier for me to express myself through writing than through speaking. I feel less inhibited for some reason.
I agree. I am the same way. I am quiet sometimes and don’t really get into long drawn out conversations about things. Usually I just put in my 2 cents and then listen from there. But writing, I can write out everything that I want to say without feeling like I will get interupted or not get my point across.
I know what you mean. I will plan on just writing a short, to-the-point blog post and it will end up SO long. I find that I can talk and talk too though, however, I say things much more eloquently through writing!
I prefer writing to speaking, especially when I have something important to say. Its just so much easier for me to get my thoughts out there when its written. When I am with my friends and family I can talk and talk, but truly believe that writing is its own medium. =)
The good thing about being a long writer, though, is that you can always go back and edit! Much unlike talking, of course. I’d rather be long-winded on the page than to people in front of me.
I’m definitely, for better or worse, both long winded and long writed. As a big ol’ Hemingway fan, it makes me sad I can’t be more succinct and write like him. However, as a Kerouac fan, it seems pretty much par for the course.
I tend to be talkative, and I tend to be very “long writed” as well. I suppose they go hand in hand, but in journalism, you’re supposed to be short and concise. I find that so difficult!
I talk a lot because I get tangled up in my thoughts, moving to a variety of tangents. I write a lot because the words just flow better from my fingers than my mouth, so things tend to sound better as long sentences (have you yet noticed my inability to write a simple sentence?).
However the words come out, short or long, fast or slow, whatever works for you, we’ll all read anyway!