It turned out to be a pretty handy process, on reflection. I had less than one week to submit something that would distil over 3 thousand words into 800, from an academic audience to a general one. Instead, people connected with the theme of ‘I can’t draw’. There’s an public appetite for further exploration in this area. I’m pretty sure it’s not because of the brilliance of my writing in the article. It garnered over 100 comments on the article, past 50K reads, more than 200 shares on The Conversation’s Facebook, interaction on Twitter, LinkedIn, and the other usual suspects.

It was amazing to see this strike a chord with people.

The article came together nicely and was published with the title, Have you fallen for the myth of ‘I can’t draw’? Do it anyway, and reap the rewards.

Submitting a pitch to the Australian website The Conversation, I was lucky enough to be paired with Senior editor Sunada Creagh. After writing and researching the paper ‘Graphic Storytelling: Teaching Experience and Utility’ (now published and available to read here- ), I wanted to share it with a general audience.

Pencil animation cant draw