Less Really Is More — 3 Hacks for More Views

Summary

The article suggests that writing concise, focused content can lead to increased readership and engagement, recommending a "less is more" approach.

Abstract

The author of the article, who has previously advised new writers to produce multiple pieces of content daily, shares a personal discovery about the effectiveness of brevity in writing. After experimenting with shorter, more succinct stories, the author noticed an uptick in views and subscriptions. The article distills this approach into three key hacks: clearly stating the story's intent, telling the story concisely, and rigorously editing to remove all extraneous content, not just excess words but also unnecessary thoughts. The author emphasizes the importance of cutting content "to the bone" and suggests that maintaining a high frequency of publishing, even with less content, can be beneficial.

Opinions

The author initially encouraged high productivity in writing, suggesting multiple articles a day.
A shift in strategy occurred when the author successfully condensed a story into a short form, leading to the realization that conciseness can be more impactful.
The author advocates for a minimalist writing approach, focusing on the essentials of storytelling and editing ruthlessly.
There is a belief that this minimalist approach has already begun to positively affect the author's metrics of success, such as views and subscriptions.
The author is open to sharing their Medium stories with readers and invites them to subscribe for updates.

Write a lot?

In the past, in fact, the very recent past, I have been suggesting new writers try writing two or three articles a day and maintain consistency doing that as this article HERE.

This could mean a very high and exhausting word count, or as low as 300 to 450 words. Not too bad.

I personally have been trying smaller stories on more topics, and of course, my monkey mind has been in hot pursuit of a wealth of different topics. My stories were packed with as much variety as I could discover.

Full down to the last subscription line.

Then I discovered, by accident…

But then later, I was trying to fit one into a short form, and I was editing like crazy. I got it crammed into a short form and published it.

To sum it up, I did three hacks.

I clearly stated what the story was going to be about.

2. I told the story.

3. I cut out all the fat that I had accidentally included. ALL the fat, not just the EXCESS fat.

To the bone, not just word count but thought count too. Cut it to less.

Cut it to less.

Still try to do less two or three times a day.

My views and subscriptions have started to come up already and I’ll keep you posted.

P.S. If you liked this story, you could go HERE, leave your name, and I’d be happy to send you ALL my Medium stories whenever I publish them.

Less Really Is More — 3 Hacks for More Views

Not Les (Paul), less stuff…

Write a lot?

Then I discovered, by accident…

Cut it to less.