A picture REALLY is worth a thousand words. A revelation that increased my writing output & quality

Hi Warriors,

How many times have we heard the old saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words."

I've always believed this and yet the impact of what hit me at 1AM this morning sent my head spinning.

You see, I've always interpreted this to mean that you can replace 1,000 words with one picture.

I was putting the finishing touches on my current project. I wrote a few words about a certain point I was making and inserted a picture to make the point clear.

Well, after inserting the picture I started writing again to give a little more details on the picture. At first it was just a caption for the picture then one thought inspired by the picture led to another thought and more words.

By the time I wrote more and more about the picture I got a little frustrated with my self because I thought, "I've described this so much now I really don't need that picture after all."

Instead of replacing 1,000 words with one picture, I replaced one picture with 1,000 words.

Then it hit me like a bolt of lightening. A picture really is worth a thousand words, and after all as article writers we don't use pictures at all, Words are the content that is king!

Just to make sure it wasn't a fluke I went to another picture and started to describe it. My goal this time was to purposely write such a vivid description that I could leave the picture out without detracting from my eBook.

IT WORKED.

Of course, I'll leave pictures in my eBooks to break the monotony of words only, however, I've just found another use for pictures. Inspiration for more words.

"A picture is worth a thousand words" has just taken on a completely new meaning for me.

George Wright