Why William Faulkner Would Not Be a Successful Writer Today

An awareness campaign about reading online

Lorie Kleiner Eckert
The Writing Cooperative
5 min readJun 22, 2022

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It’s a good thing William Faulkner is not alive today. He would not meet success as a writer — at least not online. Such writers today are advised to use short words, short sentences, and short paragraphs. Words should be three syllables or less; sentences should be 20 words or less…

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Lorie writes slice-of-life stories from a baby boomer’s point of view. You can find her books, art work — and more — on her website, LorieKleinerEckert.com.