La Navidad de Triana

La voz del terror

Se tomó el chocolate. Se levantó. Se dirigió a la barra a pagar. Allí escuchó una voz que la estremeció. No podía ser él. Se giró y lo vio. Sí, era él. El verdugo de miles de sus compatriotas. Se acarició los seis dígitos tatuados en su antebrazo derecho y recordó la barbarie nazi. Se salió de la fila y se sentó. No podía respirar. Después se levantó, cogió una silla y se la estrelló en la cabeza, una y otra vez, hasta que alguien logró detenerla. Lo observó en suelo, muerto, y pensó que por fin se hizo justicia. 

Fuente de la foto: Pixabay-Jacek Abramowicz

Sandalias abandonadas

Alguien se cansó de caminar y dejó estas sandalias en un agujero de una casa abandonada. Valdeande, septiembre de 2017

I killed you

Yes, I remember you. When we played in the streets running after your fantasies that they exploded it like the flowers in spring. When we flying ours kites, those with the soul of cane, that we wore with multicolored papers and that we pasted with potato baked . When we played on our white tree, painting on the cobbled road. I later discovered was our particular version of baseball.

Yes, I remember you. When we built a large zip line, with a threadbare steel cable that we found in one of our ravines and we threw ourselves with an old bicycle handlebar. We spitting to danger in the face. When, with that stinky mattress, we threw ourselves down the slopes of the barranco de La Ballena in search of speed and the adrenaline us came out through the pores.

Yes, I know, I killed you.

Now I look for you in the memories. Is all I have left, to plunge into the depths, to give you a hand and to be the child I once was. The one who from time to time touches me at the door and asks me, do we play?

Image source: Pixabay 

Esperando para partir

Las barcas siempre están dispuestas para partir. Playa de Las Canteras. Agosto de 2017.

Size does matter

I'm not going to talk about SEX. I'll tell you about the size of your blog posts on Steemit or any other platform.

Before getting into the subject, I would like to tell you that more important than size is knowing what we are going to say. You have to be clear, because that will help us to be more effective, direct and not entangle ourselves with what we want to say. Do not tangle up. Don't write a gibberish that nobody will understand.

For that reason it is important to make a preliminary scheme. A kind of script of what we want to tell, where it is clear, the planning, development and conclusion.

It is also important to be clear about the title of your entry, which will be direct, clear and not too long, no more than 67 characters.

Having said that, we are going to the heart of the matter.

There is a lot written about the matter. What size does a blog entry have to have?. That is, what number of words does an entry have to have to have a greater impact on our potential readers?

My method when I write an entry is based on these two premises:

The first is the number of words I will use. These words have to allow me to tell what I want to tell.  No more and no less. It is worthless to adjust to 1000 words and that the message of the article does not arrive clearly.

The second is, once satisfied with the content, reduce it as much as possible. Make an effort of synthesis. Without sacrificing, at all, the content.

I know, from experience, that texts of more than 2000 words are not very attractive. We must also say that every day we have less time. We only read only what interests us. If what interests us is well counted and in a concise way, then better. Baltasar Gracian said: "The good, if brief, is twice as good; and even bad, if a brief, not so bad. "

Therefore, and to conclude, I would  recommend you  that your entries be between 400 and 900 words. From my point of view, that is the ideal number for your entries to be read completely and reach the largest possible number of readers. Without forgetting, of course, what I told you before, that you are more than satisfied with the content, that you have used the right number of words to say what you wanted to say.

I hope this post was useful for you.

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 Image source: Pixabay

La lectura es la llave del conocimiento

La lectura es sin duda el mejor camino para alcanzar cualquier conocimiento; sin la lectura nos acercamos más a las cavernas. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Septiembre de 2017.