Thursday, January 11, 2024

Attention Span Or Lack Thereof

I wrote my novels a quarter of a century ago and I doubt I would be able to that today.  Since the turn of the millennia, I have become a victim of the internet.  Facebook, X (Formerly known as Twitter), Google, IM, YouTube, etc., has reduced my attention space to mere minutes.  If I can't get the gest of an article or book in a few minutes, I move on.  Even mysteries and trillers are now read in bitesize installments.  No longer can I read a book in one seating.  Bing watching streaming has become mandatory, since I no longer can wait a week between episodes.  

As a writer I lament the passing of the days when concentration was a given ability.  Even writing this short blog post requires effort. 

Anyone else experiencing this.