Introduction
Words are
the pearls, beads & trinkets
with which
we can craft jeweled ornaments and build towering castles; putting together the
pieces of our fragmented human selves;
and carving
a rich spectrum of all those tunes and rhythms
which cause
our heart to pulsate into a feeling - deep, intense and alive.
Though
vocabulary is not the first of things that makes one a good writer,
but it is a
decoration that surely embellishes the tapestry of one’s writing, whether it is
poetry or short story or novel or even a basic article.
Famous
writers speak of words
as being
those little gifts that we not only enjoy & relish,
but also reproduce
& share in ways
which make
millions of humans to think, feel and wonder.
So, in this
video show, you’re going to know and learn about an incredible tool related to
all things words; a tool that you’ll find to be utterly useful and interesting
in your own writing practice.
This tool
is called as
‘Visual
Wordboard’!
Overview: What is a Visual Wordboard?
As its name
suggests, a ‘Visual Wordboard’ is a visual style word-based board created
specifically for the purpose of learning, storing, collecting & applying
new words in one’s writing.
Purpose & 5 utilities of
creating a Visual Wordboard
Typically,
a wordboard turns out to be a close variation of a moodboard,
a tool
which is mostly employed for design & art.
But when
coming to it in the scope of writing too,
a wordboard
is a tool of utter significance.
Here are
five exciting ways in which a wordboard turns to be a tool of function & utility.
#1 A wordboard enables the visual
presentation of an idea, story or concept that you are writing about.
#2 A wordboard is useful to present the
“feel” or the “essence” of an idea, whether it is a story, a topic or a book
that you’re writing.
#3 A wordboard acts as a visual
depiction to explain the details of a story, scene, film, play, character or
idea in a snapshot or in a flash.
#4 A wordboard is advantageous for
brainstorming ideas, such as, a setting for a scene, a character in the story,
poetry on a topic or theme, a blog post series etc.
#5 A wordboard is a handy tool to capture
the words, phrases & shortform notes summarized from a book or articles you
read; a lecture you heard; an audiobook or a podcast you listened to; a film or
a video you watched.
7 Ideas on How to create a visual
wordboard
#1 Select a Medium For Creating A Wordboard
📚 Start by selecting the medium best-suited to you for creating a wordboard.
📚You can create wordboards either in a physical format (using a notebook, a set of prints, or a repurposed old book); or in a digital format (docs, sheets, pdfs, images, or apps)
#2 Create a Wordboard Journal!
📚 You can also dedicate an entire notebook or a series of notebooks to create your own wordboard journals!
📚 You may also like to call it as your Personal Wordbook, a term that is commonly used in the writers’ community!
#3 Select a Theme for Your Wordboard
📚 You can create a wordboard in almost any theme you want.
📚 Create a wordboard in your notebook or computer by randomly jotting down all the words you like or you come across or all the new words that you are learning or all the words that appear to catch your interest while reading books, articles or while browsing anything on the web.
📚Arrange the words in your wordboard according to alphabets.
📚 If you are working on a writing project, then you can create a wordboard specifically for the purpose of this project; that is, by creating a wordboard of all the words that you’d like to use or consider using in this project such as in a short story, in a novel or in a longform guide.
📚 Create a wordboard based on the theme of a particular form or style of writing. For example, “A wordboard for blog writing” or “A wordboard for writing product descriptions” or “A wordboard for Copywriting”.
📚 Create a wordboard on a theme based on a niche or a genre. Such as, “A Wordboard for Fiction - Fantasy” or “A Wordboard for Fiction - Romance” or “A Wordboard for Travel Writing” or “A Wordboard for Web Content Writing” etc.
📚 Create a wordboard with ideas for all the words to use while writing on a specific topic, which can be anything from a blog title to a book, a movie, a writing prompt etc.
#4 Create a List or a Glossary With Wordboards
📚 Writers very well understand the significance of writing/having lists and glossaries.
📚 Write your lists and glossaries in a wordboard style with words/phrases arranged in a board style instead of a tabular fashion.
📚 Imagine the notes pintucked in the notice boards of your school, college or office.
📚 You can also create wordboards for catalogs, & encyclopedic glossaries such as rhyming words, special dictionaries, thesaurus, word groups etc.
#5 Create a ‘Words+Visuals’ Style Wordboard
📚 A Wordboard doesn’t have to be limited to only words.
📚 Accompany your wordboards with pictures, doodles, graphics, photographs, illustrations & other assortment of visual elements to accompany the words in your wordboard
#6 Select a Design For Your Wordboard
📚 Design your wordboard in a Kindergarten-style Word Wall
📚 Design your wordboard like a Word Family Wall, that is, words grouped/bunched together into categories and pasted/tucked into your notebook in bundles
📚 Create a Color-coded wordbook
Select a colour theme or a colour palette to create your wordboard.
You may like to use Sticky Notes for offering the colourful feel to your wordboard
📚 Create a wordboard with Flash Cards & Journal Pockets
Design a wordboard by making word flashcards, and by inserting them into little journal pockets in your notebook
📚 Design a wordboard in digital style
Digitally design your wordboard with the help of any design tool of your choice
📚 Design a Wordboard in a Word Cloud Style
Word clouds are literally clickable wordboards on the web. Design a wordboard in the style of a web-based word clouds.
You will find word clouds in tons of websites & blogs that usually displaying keywords and tags
#7 Create a Moodboard-style Wordboard
📚Write down words in a stream-of-consciousness writing manner and when you’re done, create a wordboard out of it!
📚 A great way to curate, keepsake & browse through your daily writing in a compact & picturesque manner!
other names/variations of a
wordboard
- Wordboard
- Wordboard Journal
- Word Palette
- Word Wall
- Word Family
- Word Flash Cards/Word Cards
- Wordbook
- Word Cloud
Thank you, Good day & Keep Writing!
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