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When You Write, Do You Like to Spice It Up with Fun Things?

My thoughts are that trying to read long, and unbroken texts can be boring beyond words, so I break them up with silly images. What about you, what do you think about it?

Image and words by author, made in Canva.

That’s exactly why I began this article with an image and a little ‘poetic’ caption from me.

I haven’t adopted this way of writing simply off my back.

No.

I first got the principle behind the idea when I was working as a mental health nurse in a hospital. It was around the time when the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was due to carry out its annual inspection of our care services.

As every professional healthcare provider will know, this is a time of striking fear into our very hearts.

Image courtesy of GIPHY.

See what I did here? I linked my text with an appropriate visual piece.

The thought of worrying about pictures for your articles might not make sense: you’re a writer, after all. However, in today’s web copy world…

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Jonathan Townend, RMN - Editor - Friend of Medium
Jonathan Townend, RMN - Editor - Friend of Medium

Written by Jonathan Townend, RMN - Editor - Friend of Medium

Psychiatric Nurse Writer. Owner of Creative Passions, The Shortform, No Shame, World of Fiction publications, and co-editor for The Chocolate River.

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