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The economy of words in podcasting

     Welcome fellow podcasters, this is Andrea, and today I will talk about “the economy of words”.

     Ernest Hemingway and Oskar Wilde were known for their sparse use of words in their literature. Hemingway once said,

    "I am trying to make, before I get through, a picture of the world--or as much of it as I have seen. Boiling it down always, rather than spreading it out thin."

     As podcasters we look to draw and entertain our audience, not turn them away from our program with long and boring talk. Keeping sentences short and vocabulary simple is key here. If we were to report a killing in our hometown, we could say:

     “Today a man was shot on the corner of 3^rd and Washington. The suspect was apprehended and remains in custody until investigators release his identity.”

     If the author of this piece decided to use flowery language, it could read something like this:

    “Today a rich, white man was shot by a drunk, black homeless guy on Washington Street after he downed a six pack to bring up the nerve to kill the guy and steal his possessions. The police refuses to give any information; we do not know if the killer will be released back onto our streets.”

     I don’t know about you, but I stopped listening at “downed a six pack”. Keep it simple folks and that’s all.

Andrea

 

The economy of words! Say what you have to say, but use the least amount of words to do so. My audience may decide to skip my ideas or even misunderstand them otherwise. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" (Leonardo da Vinci) http://economyofword.tumblr.com/

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