How to Use Canva in Your Writing

Great tips for using Canva to create great stunning graphics reblogged from Worddreams.

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canvaNo one disagrees with the importance of the visual in communicating. The problem usually is creating it. Most writers are great at wordsmithing, but not so good at matching colors, picking fonts and font sizes, and then laying everything out artistically. It’s much easier to leave the artistry for the artists. When Microsoft Publisher came out over twenty-five years ago, it was the first major desktop publishing effort to make it easy to blend layout, colors, and multimedia. Unfortunately, it was (and continues to be) an expensive piece of software not traditionally included in Microsoft’s Office Suite (though that changed with Office 365).

Say hello to Canva. It’s web-based (including apps available for iPads and Chromebooks) with a drag-and-drop functionality that makes the design process simple and intuitive. You can create professional presentations, posters, multi-page documents, marketing materials, social media graphics, and more using Canva’s more than 1 million photos…

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Marje @ Kyrosmagica

Hi. Welcome to my blog: M J Mallon - Kyrosmagica Publishing. A blog about magic, books, writing, laughter, and much more! I'm a YA fantasy author, poet and reviewer. My first YA fantasy novel The Curse of Time - Book 1 - Bloodstone is set in Cambridge and Book 2 - Golden Healer is now out too. As well as this, I have contributed to several anthologies, created my own with some amazing international writers, bloggers and creatives during the pandemic: This Is Lockdown and written two poetry collections: Lockdown Innit Poems About Absurdity & Mr. Sagittarius Poetry and Prose. I write book reviews on my blog and on Goodreads, book bub and on my bookstagram. I have a penchant for travel and have relatives in far flung places, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore, (my birthplace.) I grew up in in Bonnie Scotland, in Edinburgh, and now live in Cambridge. I love sunny, hot places, particularly Rome, Venice, Portugal, Barcelona, and I forgot to mention the sun drenched beaches of the Caribbean, how could I? I am lucky to have been blessed with two lovely daughters and a husband who I fondly refer to in this blog as my black sheep. Family joke! With my passion for travel, culture, beautiful beaches, good food, books, theatre, writing, and humour, I hope to keep you entertained. I'm loving every minute of this creative journey, please join me.

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  2. This sounds a very helpful tool for writers. However I would add that I believe you cannot discount the need for graphic design skills. If one is presented with a vast number of options for fonts, colours and styles, then this is where art and design talents come in. I have just paid a young graphic designer (a university friend of my daughter’s) to create a beautiful professional logo and banner for me. My daughter has graphic design skills herself, with a degree in creative media, and she has created banners for me using the software she has on her Mac. Neveretheless I feel sure many writers reading this blog will be delighted to know that the software is available for them to use, at such low cost.

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    1. Yes, my daughter is a keen photographer/media studies student so I will be using some of her photography, video skills in marketing my debut book. Canva is a great tool to use on blog posts. I use it regularly for my micropoetry posts, and for headers such as author spotlights.

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    1. I use if often particularly to house my micropoetry in a nice design format. I’ve also used it for author spotlights, etc. Once you’ve mastered the basics it tends to be addictive! It really is pretty easy to use Mary, hope you give it a whirl.

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