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Telling YouTube Story: Wote

March 21, 2012March 26, 2012 by David Mark Brown

Walk off the Earth If you’re the sort who has just opened a FaceBook account or are still resisting the thought of electronic reading, well, you aren’t going to like this. But the mode of storytelling continues to evolve.

YouTube is nothing new. Actually, it had it’s seventh birthday in February. In world wide web years, that’s like 138. (Take the number of months x 2, then subtract the number of years x 5, then add 3). But, with any new mode of story-telling it takes a while for the babe to step from the woods, learn to shave and then grow a full, luscious beard.

Evolution of an Indie: Assume You Suck

March 15, 2012March 22, 2012 by David Mark Brown

Evolution of an Indie Entering my third year as an indie, it is my responsibility to impart sage wisdom to the world. (Don’t blink, or you might miss it.) See the series introduction post for more on my saga. But for now, lesson #2 for 2012:

In the beginning, assume you can’t do anything well.

A depressing bit of realism, I know. But I’m going somewhere with this. Indie publishing requires skills not just in writing, but in art, formatting, design, marketing, sales and social media. The fact might be that you are pretty dang good at most everything you do. If you are expressing indie art, then it’s a garunteed certainty you think you are. And that is exactly the problem.

Artists are renown for lofty passions detached from a cruel reality. We think everything we do is art, while everything else is cunning drivel at best. Unfortunately, we are wrong, most of the time. (Or at least this is often true in the beginning.)