I'm forcing myself to do this in my current article. I tend to string together long sentences, but I noticed that I like reading articles with mixes of sentence length. So, I'm giving it a shot.
"That's the ten-word answer my staff's been looking for for two weeks. There it is. Ten-word answers can kill you in political campaigns. They're the tip of the sword. Here's my question: What are the next ten words of your answer?...
... Your taxes are too high? So are mine. Give me the next ten words. How are we going to do it? Give me ten after that, I'll drop out of the race right now."
— Pres. Jed Bartlet, in the fourth season episode _Game On_
Your point concerns cadence of writing, musicality measured by word count.
Use sparingly! Academic editor speaking here: em dashes are great for emphasis but are disruptive if used a lot in long text. Like throwing hurdles up along a smooth walking path.
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i will follow.
"That's the ten-word answer my staff's been looking for for two weeks. There it is. Ten-word answers can kill you in political campaigns. They're the tip of the sword. Here's my question: What are the next ten words of your answer?...
— Pres. Jed Bartlet, in the fourth season episode _Game On_
Your point concerns cadence of writing, musicality measured by word count.
My point might be musicality by syllable count.