So you're saying that I've wasted the last couple of decades? What are I am supposed to do now with this giant hole in my backyard? The mole men I've befriended are going to be very disappointed to learn that we can't get to China... This was a charming look into that moment in time when everything was possible. Unless adults distracted you with candy to sabotage your dreams! I've noticed that when people post non-fiction, they always include pictures. What do you think works better - including them at the end or interspersed throughout the story?
Well, Gary, my mom was a nurse and she was very smart, and she said it was possible, so I don't think you should give up on your dream so easily :) It just might take a little longer than I was thinking when I was 7.
As for your question, I actually write a lot of non-fiction (this season especially so far!) and I think the only times I've included photos were when I wrote about my dogs (for the last regular Idol season, I think). But this time, as I was writing it, I suddenly remembered this photo I had of all of us kids on the beach with our buckets and shovels. I couldn't find that particular photo some photo albums may or may not still be in boxes in the garage that have yet to be unpacked from when we moved more than a year ago, but I did find the ones I posted that I thought would at least help show who these kids were who were digging to China.
As for where to post them, I think that's a personal preference. I personally like them at the end of stories. I like to read the entries and get absorbed in them and "see" them in my head, and so it's fun for me to see them at the end and see how different they (usually) are from my imagination. But again, that's just a personal preference and I'm sure some people like them better in the middle. Or not at all. Hopefully no one is basing their votes on where someone puts the photos that go with their entries!
My second question :)
Well, Gary, my mom was a nurse and she was very smart, and she said it was possible, so I don't think you should give up on your dream so easily :) It just might take a little longer than I was thinking when I was 7.
As for your question, I actually write a lot of non-fiction (this season especially so far!) and I think the only times I've included photos were when I wrote about my dogs (for the last regular Idol season, I think). But this time, as I was writing it, I suddenly remembered this photo I had of all of us kids on the beach with our buckets and shovels. I couldn't find that particular photo
some photo albums may or may not still be in boxes in the garage that have yet to be unpacked from when we moved more than a year ago, but I did find the ones I posted that I thought would at least help show who these kids were who were digging to China.As for where to post them, I think that's a personal preference. I personally like them at the end of stories. I like to read the entries and get absorbed in them and "see" them in my head, and so it's fun for me to see them at the end and see how different they (usually) are from my imagination. But again, that's just a personal preference and I'm sure some people like them better in the middle. Or not at all. Hopefully no one is basing their votes on where someone puts the photos that go with their entries!