We Are An ENDANGERED SPECIES and How To Go Down Fighting!

 

If you are reading this,

then obviously

you are a reader.

The ranks of book readers 
are shrinking.

A recent study revealed 
that

33% of high school graduates 
plan never

to read another book ...

ever.

That same study revealed

42% of college graduates

plan never to read 

another book either.

I know what you're thinking.

But You and I 
are of another generation.

We reflect the thinking of 

the Past not the Future.

In this Digital, 
Multi-Task Era,

our world is designed

 for shallow skimming 

rather than deep diving.

Think SHORT STORY

Perfect length for this

distractible time.

Don't groan.

Think H. P. LOVECRAFT

His stories existed 
in a linked universe

with entities and tomes

crossing over from one

story to another.

Readers did not have 

to start from scratch

with each story.

The surroundings 
were familiar

although terrifying.

Or have a character common 
to all your stories.

Short stories bring more pressure, 
because like with poetry, 

each paragraph, sentence, and word 
is more important 
than they would be 
inside a large novel. 

 Short stories are precise 
with their delivery, 

they must capture 
the attention of the reader 
extraordinarily quickly, 

and

tell a full tale 
from beginning to end 
in roughly 
a half hour of reading.

Which is the perfect length
in today's world
with too much to do.

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