PHOTOGRAPHS TO PARAGRAPHS

Shortest Short-form

A story of a short-form story

Photo by author. Draft for this story on the laptop. In my photo library, where I chose a photo for this story. This visual is how I developed the two strategies for my story: Shortest Short-form.

Focus on the smaller details in the first 10 seconds of your short-form story:

Add the connection between your photograph and story with a short-form photograph caption (aka; the shortest short-form story).

Benefits:

• Readers appreciate a direct and practical story to educate, entertain, and inspire their needs to solve problems.
• Two strategies to attract your audience are how you start each story; (1) an interesting title, or (2) a relevant photograph you took.
• Clients appreciate how your stories attract readers and customers.

The two strategies I learned for presentations of art in photography and writing are:

Strategy 1

TITLE

Always remember this old advice: ‘Never promise more than you can deliver.’

Readers and clients want direct purpose and practical words for an article, TOC, book, chapter, and your story.

You are helping others to understand the benefits of their learning something they want to explore.

Strategy 2

PHOTOGRAPHS

Your photograph is authentic to your story. The reader will feel the quality of what you saw in your emotions.

Experiences are shared with others through your images and words.

Details in each of your photographs can only be told by you. The perspective of why you took this photograph and how your storytelling is one with your visual art.

One of the shortest short-form stories is the caption of your photo by author.