Paragraphs are wonderful writing tools. They help organize text into succinct units of ideas and information. They also add visual relief by inserting white space into the document and breaking up the text, making it more inviting to the reader.
Too many writers fail to take advantage of these benefits by making their paragraphs too long. Long paragraphs typically bring pieces of text together that would be better off separated for organizational purposes. They also create long chunks of text that intimidate readers. (If you want your readers not to read something, bury it in a long paragraph.)