Friday 2nd October 2020

I’m thinking that I need to do some Twitch streaming.

Whilst there’s a large part of me that feels streaming is probably more of a job than it looks,  I think it’s a good way to practise public speaking.  I don’t believe I’m particularly bad.  I did drama as a kid and know how to project my voice.  I’ve done a bunch of conventions.

But I’m seeing the rise of Authortube.  Sanderson has started doing it heavily, and I’ve seen a few authors copy this, including a few friends.

What’s annoying is that I could see this coming.  I’ve done a lot of reading on digital marketing over the past few years and have come up with a number of author strategies.  Heck, The Climb was one of them, and look how old that is now.

Obviously, a lot of my social media marketing plans don’t really kick into effect until such time as I have a book deal.  The Climb is all about creating that legacy, and hence why it made sense to do it now.  Other things needed to wait until I had gained the authority to be able to speak about them.

In short, my strategy is pretty much solely The Climb until such time as I have things being traditionally published.

But, with the rise of Authortube, it’s like part of my plans have been validated.  This is the right direction, but I have to be patient.  Everything has to happen at the right time.  I hope I’m right.

One thing that has been clear is that some authors are better at talking to camera than others.  As I said, I don’t think I’m bad, but I think I could be better.   And that’s where Twitch comes in.

You have some streamers who are very comfortable on screen.  They talk as if they are chatting to a friend yet manage to engage with and include their audience.  Others – especially those who start out – trip over their words and are not sure what to say.  At this stage, I can almost know what I can expect in terms of presentation value – and by that I mean the streamer’s skill at presenting rather than flash pop ups and alerts – given the number of viewers.

I’m thinking that Twitch would be the ideal way to practise those skills.  I umm and arr a lot and I think this would be good practise not to.

I may be some way off ever doing Authortube but I saw this coming and I want to be ready when I feel it’s appropriate for me to jump in, so perhaps that means a bit of practise now.

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