Long Copy Versus Short Copy

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7 thoughts on “Long Copy Versus Short Copy

  1. steve@stephen-thompson.com

    Hi

    I’ve tried to access this article several times. Is there a problem with it? Can I get a copy somewhere else?

    Thanks for letting me know . . . .

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    1. Drayton Bird

      Sorry, what article are you talking about Steve?

      All I can see is a video I made 5 years ago.

      But then I’m dozy – and far too busy for an old fart.

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  2. susan@susanpreston.net

    Hi there, Despite being logged in as a paid member, I cannot watch any videos. I am asked to sign up in order to watch anything.. already signed up!

    Please help.

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  3. carl.picot@virgin.net

    My copy always turns out long – even when I don’t intend it to. I feel that as long as you provide enough eye relief by putting in subheaders and not too long paragraphs you can keep going for ages. They say copy can’t be too long, only too boring 🙂

    P.S. Stop reading the p.s. first and go back to the beginning 🙂

    cheers Carl

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  4. John

    Beautifully brief explanation of the power of long copy.

    William Butler Yeats (bragging, some of his commentators and annotators say):
    Merchant and scholar who have left me blood
    That has not passed through any huckster’s loin.
    —

    But how can anyone be a merchant without in some sense being a huckster?
    And what does a huckster do but profess?

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  5. Larry Elkan

    Drayton,
    That was interesting on long versus short copy.
    Thanks for the specifics as well. As an FYI while I
    realized each month we had new lessons in the month by month I didn’t realize until you mentioned the vault in one of your monthly videos that you added additional month by month content here in the vault as well.Thankyou so much for all of this “bonus” information.You are truly keeping me both very busy and quite well informed!
    All my best,
    Larry E

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