by Debbie Hodge | Dec 27, 2013 | Give Your Photos Stories, Picture Your Story, Story Swoop, Write Your Story
Working from the initial concrete details of a chilly day, warm coffee cups, and feet touching under the table evoked by a photo, high school senior Emily Sagnella, evokes a sense of both the stresses and sources of comfort in her life now. Story Swoop is a free Get...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 26, 2013 | Events, Ideas for Page Topics, Picture Your Story, Write Your Story
Giving and receiving gifts is key part of Christmas celebrations for many of us. Surely you have a gifting story, whether from Christmas or another season: a story of how a gift surprised you, made your life better, or just gave you a deeper understanding of your...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 20, 2013 | Write Your Story
Story Coach class #7 gives you the prompts and writing guide for telling a story about gifting in your own life — years ago or now. Consider a favorite gift, a gifting disappointment, how you gift friends or even the “gifting” culture in your family. Debbie’s...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 17, 2013 | Give Your Photos Stories, Picture Your Story, Story Swoop, Write Your Story
Teenager Joshua Niman uses the Story Swoop prompts and writing guide to set the tone for a whole summer with one photo. Story Swoop is a free tool here at Get It Scrapped that you can use to quickly record feelings, details, and context for your photos. You can upload...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 10, 2013 | Composition, Design Elements, Design Your Story
No matter how you turn it, a circle shape stays the same. There’s a perfection in this shape. And it presents challenges. The space outside of the circle has an odd shape that’s not as easy to work with, especially when you’re combining circles....
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 4, 2013 | Write Your Story, Yourself
Personal storytelling is about both the events in the story and what the story means to you. Story Coach lessons help you find stories, present them in a compelling way, and discover what they really mean. The layouts and stories below came out of the prompts and...