Picture"Outdoor Carolling at Night" image by The Wu's Photo Land
I found a handful of venues for singing Christmas carols outdoors in Toronto for Dec. 2013, and shared these secrets in "2013 Outdoor Christmas Caroling in Toronto and Mississauga".

DeHaan Services often publicizes frugal but fun events in Toronto and in neighbouring cities. This article differs from most on the site, however. That leads to today's writing tip.

One Writing Tip for Multiple Images

Usually I illustrate each article in DeHaan Services (or in this blog) with a single image. The 2013 outdoor caroling article has three pictures: the family shown above, and two maps that I crafted.

Possibly I would have thought of making those maps to save on writing directions. (That's what I had done for a similar article last year).

Certainly I've added more images to articles in Decoded Science or for other online magazine sites.

But I recently saw an online magazine that deliberately put one image in every section...that is, after each sub-heading. That site's medium-length articles had quite a few headings, so the images really helped make the article attractive.

The writing tip is to experiment with the number of images you include in your article. Change your pattern, no matter what your pattern had been.

If you had been frugal with your photographs, then try being lavish. If you normally place an image with every paragraph, try leaving most out.


If you need to illustrate every step in a project, then do take pictures and do include them. If you just want one image to catch the reader's eye, but the rest of the article does not need illustrations, then leave them out.

You may need to change your writing style to do this experiment well.
Then ask for feedback, and make changes as indicated by your readers.

Thanks for reading about outdoor Christmas caroling in Toronto for 2013.



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