Is it normal i always end up writing in wall of text?

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Whenever I write comments or chat with someone at social media, I always happened to write stuff in wall of text even though I tried to express my words the simplest possible. I always turned out writing more words than I should to the point I think I might appear as annoying when people have to read my wall of text. I find it hard to express myself with shorter words and feel the need to elaborate on stuff with proper details.

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  • Tommythecaty
    3 years ago

    Edgar Caswall is a slightly pathological eccentric who inherited Mesmer's chest which he keeps at the Castra Regis Tower. Caswall wants to recreate mesmerism, associated with Franz Mesmer, which was a precursor to hypnotism. He is obsessed with Lilla Watford, and attempts to break her using his mesmer. Fortunately, with the help of Lilla's cousin Mimi, he is thwarted time and again. Caswall orders a giant kite in the shape of a hawk built to scare away pigeons which have gone berserk and attacked his fields and destroyed his crops. For lack of anything better to do he obsessively watches the kite and begins to believe that it has a mind of its own and that he himself is a god.

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    • litelander8
      3 years ago

      That was a good read.

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      • Tommythecaty
        3 years ago

        Is from an old bram stoker book

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  • ellnell
    3 years ago

    Same

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  • bbrown95
    3 years ago

    I'm the queen of this, lol!

    I do try to put some breaks in if possible, but some sites don't allow it or have very short character limits (which really annoys me). I'm a naturally descriptive person and like to explain things in detail, and I've gotten complaints about writing too much a lot. However, I don't think it's a bad thing. Being clear and descriptive is so much better than being vague. I'd much rather read something from someone who seems like they're trying to explain something to me and are interested in the conversation than vague, half-assed one sentence replies.

    The only thing I don't like is when people rephrase the same thing over and over and ramble on just for filler, like some clickbait sites do.

    Do you also get "TL;DR" or "I don't have time to read all of that" responses a lot? I kind of hate those. Like, if you don't have time to read it, do you have time to respond? Why not just scroll past?

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    • raisinbran
      3 years ago

      By not even bothering to clean up your post a little bit, you’re disrespecting readers who are willing to invest their time on your problem.

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      • bbrown95
        3 years ago

        What do you mean by "clean it up", though? I get not using paragraphs/breaks, using poor spelling and grammar, and rambling on and on, but if all of the details are important and you're trying to describe something as clearly as possible in order to get a more accurate response, the three sentences that's the limit most people with no attention span are willing to read will not be enough.

        If I see a giant wall of text or a bunch of rambling I don't feel like reading, I scroll past or exit out. I don't really feel the need the write "TL;DR" or "I don't have time to read this". I just don't read it. I don't expect others to rephrase everything into a maximum of three sentences so I can be lazy and give a half-assed, low quality response. I've also noticed that in my short time on Reddit (the subs I frequented would require a TL;DR), I'd explain important things in my post, but people would ignore it and go straight to the TL;DR and then ask me questions that were already answered in the post and give me poor quality advice because they didn't bother to read. I'd honestly rather just not get any feedback at all than unhelpful answers because someone was too lazy to read what I had to say. I find not putting any effort into actually trying to help the person by hearing them out is disrespectful to the poster.

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        • litelander8
          3 years ago

          TLDR

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  • UnusedName
    3 years ago

    Paragraphing helps make it less intimidating, less wall-like

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  • raisinbran
    3 years ago

    Being able to self edit is an important communication skill.

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  • RoseIsabella
    3 years ago

    Do you write in a journal? I'm probably a bit of hypocrite for suggesting this, because I know it would help me to keep a journal, but I don't. It's just a thought... a suggestion.

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