Only 175 words today, but I'm fine with that. I was very tired, and really only wrote a bridge scene between two chapters/sections in the Lara/Witch story, since I had, for some reason, finished one day's writing in the middle of a sentence, and picked up the next day's with a new chapter.
But hey, those 175 words are
important, because I'm not quite talented enough of a writer to just end
a chapter in the middle of a sentence, and have the reader just assume I
was making some artistic statement by doing it that way.
For gits and shiggles, I created a YouTube page a couple of years back (or it might have been more recently, I honestly can't remember), and figured I'd put up a few Fake Sean Connery songs or sketches on there. I had recorded a couple of Stephen King stories that I shared with a few people, and thought I'd post them on there too, since you can be a fan of him and not a fan of me, and I figured others might enjoy them.
And I've gotten a bunch of compliments, and some encouragement from folks to do more. And while I'd LIKE to do more, there are other priorities, and recording fiction I do not own or have permission to do is way down the list.* Having said that, I enjoy performing good stories, I am a fan, and (editing notwithstanding) I like being a narrator.
I've got a page on gmail that lets me know whenever there are new comments on my videos, and I check it every other day or so. When I have comments, they're (nearly) always on the Stephen King stories, and while I'd be happier if "Tales of eBay Horror" were getting all the views, I'm good with strangers listening to my readings.
But having strangers check out my "videos" has its drawbacks too. And today, I was surprised to find not one but two negative comments about my narrations. One simply said the reading was weak, which I don't love to hear, but I could shrug off as being in reference to a story they didn't like. The other, however, leaves no such wiggle room.
This comment was directed at me, personally, and said that he just couldn't get though my narrations, that he hated my pacing and cadence, and--
You know what, why am I giving this a second thought, let alone writing a blog post about it? Yeah, I'm a sensitive little flower, but who cares what one person (or two) thinks? I happen to enjoy my narrations, they're not monetized, and if people don't like 'em, they can skip to something else.
I need to not read the comments anymore. Obviously.
Oh, and--
On the writing front, at the end of the night (again), I halfheartedly (again) spewed forth a few words, not feeling inspired or ambitious or that the work I was creating was particularly inspired (again). But even so, writing every day makes those numbers go up and up, even on a supremely weak day like today.
Words Today: 175
Words Total: 32,877
Amount of Time Wasted On Finger Image: 46 minutes
*I did fear, initially, that the content would get flagged and I would, I dunno, have my YouTube page shut down, or that SS officers would appear at my door or something. But I was encouraged when I saw there were actual, professionally-produced audiobooks just STUCK up on YouTube pages, and those were not being taken down. So, my attitude has been, if these are stories that don't exist in Official audio form (old or obscure stories, for example), then I'd go ahead and post them, because the only other way to hear them would be to record them yourself. Maybe not a legally-binding mindset, but the one I've chosen to live with.
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