But this one starts with "Over the summer of 2011, the water in Lake Michigan turned crystal clear. Shafts of angled light lit the lake bed, like searchlights from a U.F.O.; later, old sunken ships came into view from above."... oh, I see... nevermind... :)

Not going to lie, that made me laugh out loud.

But in all honesty, that's literally the only think I like about TNY articles... they start so prettily.

I completely agree the articles are just way to self-indulgent when it comes it to length... writing compelling and succinct prose makes a writer great.

thank you. yes. that nails it. it's ridiculous. so many of these 29 paragraph articles could be 3 paragraph articles.

writers paid by the word. doctors paid by the number of treatments.

this is why we can't have nice things.