New Video is Up for Readers (and Writers)
I made a spur of the moment video yesterday from my little writing ‘puter. Oops. After the fact I found the sound was out of sync with the video. (Some say if you restart the vid a time or two, the sound will sync.)
The vid ran about 12 minutes. I want the picture and sound to be clearer, so I’ll be investing in an external camera soon. I’ve done a little research.
My new camera will broadcast 1080p at 60 frames per second. That should fix the video quality issue so the picture isn’t so grainy. Ideally the camera will also have a stereo mic and maybe even a light ring.
There were a couple of places in the video where it jumped back a few seconds and repeated. I don’t know whether that was because I used the older computer or was a glitch of YouTube.
Anyway, that has me thinking I might record videos in advance, then upload them and schedule them for release on YouTube. I’m not sure whether I’ll do that. I’m still thinking about it. If you have any insight on the matter, please share.
I’m also thinking in the longer term about recording some videos specifically for writers. Maybe a series of best practices videos that will comprise a shortcut for those who are serious about the craft and want to be long-term, prolific professional fiction writers. If that comes to pass, of course I’ll announce it on my Journal first at https://hestanbrough.com.
If you’re a fiction writer, you really should subscribe to that anyway. It’s free, and it’s the only place today where you will hear regularly about writing fiction without all the BS myths about outlining, revising, rewriting, etc. You really don’t need all that, and you’ll create a more original, unique, better quality story without it.
I do enjoy the spontaneity of livestreaming. But either way I need to establish a schedule and, more importantly, re-establish a routine. Having a relatively firm routine with a daily word-count goal and certain working hours is why I was able to write as much as I did in such a short period of time.
Highlights of the Video—
I think my mourning period is almost over so I can finally get back to my writing.
I revamped the menu at StoneThreadPublishing.com.
I recently published the chronological reading order for my novels at my Stanbrough Writes website and added a menu-item link to that page at both this Journal and my author site
A bit on where I get ideas and a few story starters (see the vid at about 8:19)
And here’s the vido itself. See what you think.
Of course, another new short story will be forthcoming in this space on Friday.
Talk with you later,
Harvey