Glad to see longform work celebrated. I have not written an essay over 4,000 words since I started my Substack, even though my initial goal was for the weekly output to seed my "real" writing. I'm starting to think that I need to wrestle those priorities back into alignment, to think of a larger container for the weekly writing, so that it adds up to something more coherent.
Serialization is an interesting paradox, because it tries to leverage the fragment in service of the whole. I like a print book because I can read longer chunks of it than I'm able to manage at a screen. But perhaps serialization is just the early stage of that more permanent form.
Glad to see longform work celebrated. I have not written an essay over 4,000 words since I started my Substack, even though my initial goal was for the weekly output to seed my "real" writing. I'm starting to think that I need to wrestle those priorities back into alignment, to think of a larger container for the weekly writing, so that it adds up to something more coherent.
Serialization is an interesting paradox, because it tries to leverage the fragment in service of the whole. I like a print book because I can read longer chunks of it than I'm able to manage at a screen. But perhaps serialization is just the early stage of that more permanent form.
Ooooh, some others to read! Thanks for the mention!
Thanks for the boost for our long-form serializing, Lyle! It's an experiment, at least for me, and I'm grateful for the support.