Writing for Non-Fiction Genres

» Jo Murphy - Images

I struggle with the use of images.
I try not to if I can so that when I insert a link readers know it must be important.
I have finally come to realise that loading time is more important than quality and so the resolution is right down.
I try not to talk too long about images because a reader will not always click on the link to the image and so if they don't I am talking about something they can't see.

Thanks for the article I'll show it to my students,
Jo

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» LitAgent - Images

In response to Images posted by brisbaneartist:
Hi, Jo!

I agree that the restrictions on images are most limiting. Early on, I got permissions to use the covers of several bestselling books, but it's just no use putting them into a tiny circle.

BUT, I have been admiring the way Alina Sandor, in Painting and Drawing has solved the problem. It might be a great idea for you, too. Check out her article, Painting a Nighttime Sky http://paintingdrawing.suite101.com/arti...
She puts her images on her own website, which I think is brilliant.

BTW, I was an art instructor, myself!

Good luck!

Barb

-- posted by LitAgent

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» jcredmond - Writing for the Web

Thank you for sharing this great information with us. It's true that web surfers are notoriously impatient (me included); if they can't find what they are looking for quickly, they move on to the next link.

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» katycopsey - Writing for the Web

In response to Writing for the Web posted by jcredmond:

I too think that images are important. In the gardening world seeing a plant is far more important than talking about leaf structure or flower color.

Also writing for the web involves short attention spans, as your article mentioned, and visual impact is one way of capture that attention. Words alone cannot do that. The lawn blog that I did for a fertilizer company also needed pretty suburban houses with perfect lawns to head the blog. The visual appeal was an important aspect of the selling to them (regardless of who actually did fertilize the lawn in the picture).

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» LitAgent - Writing for the Web

In response to Writing for the Web posted by katycopsey:
Another thing to consider is this: if one includes images on a website, they must be of the highest quality, and must match the nature of the text or else you will look unprofessional, calling your text into question. For instance, cartoony-looking images would be totally inappropriate for your site and mine. So would unclear images, or images too small to show the necessary detail.

Best wishes!

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» Andrea_Coutu - Writing for the Web

In response to Writing for the Web posted by LitAgent:
I agree that it's difficult and time consuming to find images appropriate for such constrained forms!

Andrea

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