Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

Defense of 300 words

Editor, the Journal,

Unlike Scott Peterson and others who are not happy with the 300-word limit, I am. My high school journalist teacher taught, in the mid-1970s, if you could not catch the attention and make your point in the first 50 words you have lost your reader.

I appreciate the 300-word limit because it will limit the superfluous comments and name-calling. Writers will have to take a hard look at what they are writing and decide if the insult is worth the loss of words to make their point. If you want your letter read by more people, t...