Why Drawing Your Books Can Turn You Into a Better Writer

You don’t have to be Picasso, but drawing does give you an edge

Image by joduma from Pixabay

Generally speaking, writers aren’t known for being visual artists. Their whole deal is crafting something beautiful with words, not with color or line or visual perspective.

But if you’re not drawing out your book, you should be.

To be clear, I’m not saying you need to storyboard out every scene. And I’m certainly not saying the pictures you draw have to be gorgeous.

(To drive this home, here’s a sample of what other people do in Paint….

…aaaaaaaand what yours truly can do in Paint…

It’s OK. Go ahead. Stare at it for a second.

Done?

OK.)