Good morning, All!
Now that I am living in Idaho (and the world is my oyster) I have made several major decisions and life choices that I will be sharing with you. Today I talk about one.
I created a YouTube channel in my author penname, one I will use to VLOG.
A VLOG is a BLOG, only in video version. This is something I have feared, but doing the live workshop with French Press Bookworks and James Stryker finally freed me from that terror.
I don't have to be beautiful. The video doesn't have to be perfect. I don't have to be clever. Or charming. Or anything else.
I just get to be myself.
This past weekend, I recorded my first VLOG. Faced with the prospect of being days behind on my word count for @NaNoWriMo 2016, I realized why.
In order for me to write, the story must first live in my head. Once I see it, I can create it through words. But until then, I'm screwed and can't write a decent sentence. Though I'd been back through my notes, the threads dangled loosely in my mind and refused to come together.*
So here, my friends, is my first VLOG. What I do to overcome writer's block, to release the muse, that genius in my head/soul that grabs the ideas and creates beautiful worlds through words.
But it's also for anyone who has hit a wall and are unable to continue, whatever the issue.
No, it is not perfect. I am still learning. I now know to hold my iPhone sideways in landscape mode so that the image isn't squeezed to the middle of the frame. (If you're viewing it mobile, there's an icon you can press in the lower right corner (on my iPhone, anyway) that will allow the video to fill your whole screen.)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH MY VLOG!
I hope you enjoy! And please subscribe to my YouTube channel, you won't be inundated with spam. I promise.
But you will help me out. And that is greatly appreciated.
That Rebel ~ O.J. Barre'
Now that I am living in Idaho (and the world is my oyster) I have made several major decisions and life choices that I will be sharing with you. Today I talk about one.
I created a YouTube channel in my author penname, one I will use to VLOG.
A VLOG is a BLOG, only in video version. This is something I have feared, but doing the live workshop with French Press Bookworks and James Stryker finally freed me from that terror.
I don't have to be beautiful. The video doesn't have to be perfect. I don't have to be clever. Or charming. Or anything else.
I just get to be myself.
This past weekend, I recorded my first VLOG. Faced with the prospect of being days behind on my word count for @NaNoWriMo 2016, I realized why.
In order for me to write, the story must first live in my head. Once I see it, I can create it through words. But until then, I'm screwed and can't write a decent sentence. Though I'd been back through my notes, the threads dangled loosely in my mind and refused to come together.*
So here, my friends, is my first VLOG. What I do to overcome writer's block, to release the muse, that genius in my head/soul that grabs the ideas and creates beautiful worlds through words.
But it's also for anyone who has hit a wall and are unable to continue, whatever the issue.
No, it is not perfect. I am still learning. I now know to hold my iPhone sideways in landscape mode so that the image isn't squeezed to the middle of the frame. (If you're viewing it mobile, there's an icon you can press in the lower right corner (on my iPhone, anyway) that will allow the video to fill your whole screen.)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH MY VLOG!
I hope you enjoy! And please subscribe to my YouTube channel, you won't be inundated with spam. I promise.
But you will help me out. And that is greatly appreciated.
That Rebel ~ O.J. Barre'
2 comments:
Ms. O.J. Barre´, You did great in your first VLOG! How inspiring! I have a YouTube channel but, have not posted on it. I think I will soon, after I put more words on paper this NaNoWriMo.
Thanks!
Dee, it was great meeting you on Twitter! Thank you for stopping by That Rebel and for leaving a comment. Also, thank you, thank you for checking out my VLOG and for your kind words. I'm excited to see your own YouTube posts. Please let me know when you're live! Also, if you have a blog, leave a link here and I will come by.
Thank you again, OJ (Olivia) Barre'
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