Sometimes it’s easier to fire off several in a row, but how much do you enjoy being on the other end of that exchange and having your phone buzz once every few seconds?

A paragraph-long text can be imposing to read, sometimes because of the length and other times due to such messages’ association with bad news, but those of you who are used to writing actual letters or even long-form emails might have an easier time organizing your thoughts that way. Then again, texts are neither letters nor emails — they’re brief by their very nature, which occasionally means you can expect a flurry of them.