I'll share on condition we do some content together, namely I get to interview you and get to pick your brain about genre and let me share your stuff all over my own tiny channels!
Hey Isaac! Congratulations on giving this a shot, I just subscribed and I'll be sure to pass the link along.
I'm sure you've already done way more research into this than I have, but my two cents as a guy who consumes almost all of my content on YouTube:
After you've recorded your long-form essay, don't forget to excerpt a few of the stickier ideas and hotter takes into two-to-three minute chunks as standalone videos. It sounds redundant and even like a waste of work, but I can honestly say some of my favorite YouTube publishers I've discovered through clips like that. I'm less likely to sit down with a one or two hour visual essay on the entirety of the Star Trek caninwith some guy I've never heard of before -- but I'll happily give someone two minutes of my time to a video with a grabby headline and a hot take about why Sisko is the best captain or why the writers were hamstrung making Janeway masculine. (They're also easier clips to send to friends and make new fans out of them.)
Just a thought! I know when you're just starting a channel like this, it's probably enough work just to get the longer form essays edited and up. But I think If you make it a habit early to put up one or two excerpts from each essay, it'll pay way bigger dividends for you down the road.
I'll share on condition we do some content together, namely I get to interview you and get to pick your brain about genre and let me share your stuff all over my own tiny channels!
Yeah! I would love to do an interview!
Yay! We’ll have to book you up for the upcoming weeks then!
Hey Isaac! Congratulations on giving this a shot, I just subscribed and I'll be sure to pass the link along.
I'm sure you've already done way more research into this than I have, but my two cents as a guy who consumes almost all of my content on YouTube:
After you've recorded your long-form essay, don't forget to excerpt a few of the stickier ideas and hotter takes into two-to-three minute chunks as standalone videos. It sounds redundant and even like a waste of work, but I can honestly say some of my favorite YouTube publishers I've discovered through clips like that. I'm less likely to sit down with a one or two hour visual essay on the entirety of the Star Trek caninwith some guy I've never heard of before -- but I'll happily give someone two minutes of my time to a video with a grabby headline and a hot take about why Sisko is the best captain or why the writers were hamstrung making Janeway masculine. (They're also easier clips to send to friends and make new fans out of them.)
Just a thought! I know when you're just starting a channel like this, it's probably enough work just to get the longer form essays edited and up. But I think If you make it a habit early to put up one or two excerpts from each essay, it'll pay way bigger dividends for you down the road.
Great essay. I can't wait to watch more. Enjoyed your meticulous analysis :)