Break them down. Long sentences in a comfortable cadence like being punctuated by short ones.
giving masses of detail with little apparent regard for how much information the person at the other end actually needs
Give more regard to what the reader needs.
“stick-on” weird metaphors which appear randomly every time I’m afraid I’m being too technical or annoying (so you get a wall of annoying text with a bit of canned laughter in the middle…)
Have you asked readers whether they dislike the metaphors?
vague sentences that go around for a while as I’m slowly figuring out what I mean to say
Rewrite after discovering your own intent. That’s what editing is for.
long paragraphs, etc.
Fortunately your keyboard has an enter key, with no limit of uses.
Also, I spend ages proofreading anything I write and worrying about it…
Write where you feel that the stakes are low. If the consequences of poor proofreading don’t feel worth worrying about, you can practice the skill of worrying less.
Break them down. Long sentences in a comfortable cadence like being punctuated by short ones.
Give more regard to what the reader needs.
Have you asked readers whether they dislike the metaphors?
Rewrite after discovering your own intent. That’s what editing is for.
Fortunately your keyboard has an enter key, with no limit of uses.
Write where you feel that the stakes are low. If the consequences of poor proofreading don’t feel worth worrying about, you can practice the skill of worrying less.