“Are long sentences bad?”I made a few posts recently talking about editing advice,...

“Are long sentences bad?”

I made a few posts recently talking about editing advice, focusing mainly in improving flow by breaking longer sentences into shorter ones. Understandably so, several people reached out to me asking if long sentences are actually bad.

The answer is no, long sentences are not bad.

I don’t hate long sentences, in fact I very much like them! I treasure the times when I get to write a long, intricate sentence. But, here’s something that editing will teach you:

Just because you ...