How Attention Spans and Online Platforms are Affecting the Writing and Publishing Industries

It can be challenging for writers to keep up with all of the changes taking place in the writing and publishing industries. Professor and author Donna Arthur Downs discusses these trends and changes with her students in her courses through the Communication Department at Taylor University. First, she says it's important that writers learn to write tightly because of the shortening attention spans of readers. Second, she tells writers to consider creating supplemental materials for their work because...