Online Reading

Maybe it is a reflection of the modern, fast-moving, multi-tasking digital world. My attention span has been steadily shrinking. These days, I find it hard to read a book for more than 30 minutes continuously. I used to be able to stick to it for 3 to 4 hours, barely moving except to turn the pages. Of course, a good story can still hold my attention but the urge to finish even such a book from cover to cover in one sitting has diminished. (No, I don't think my increasing age has anything to do with it. :-P ) Enter the online writing community. One in particular, 起点中文网 has kept my attention for the past 3 years. Yes, it's in chinese. No, I don't know of any english sites with the sheer variety and volume of writing. Authors post their stories, some complete, but most are added chapter-by-chapter. I've read one that took 3 years to write! This style of story reading, a chapter a day (or one every few days, even a few weeks; some authors are not very proliferic) suits my time constraints and attention span very well: Lunch break, read a few chapters from various stories, then back to work, for example. ps. lots more to write about this, but my attention span has run out :-). until next time...