Why don't you create a YouTube channel filled with fictional storytelling to reach a wider audience?

[Eldoria]

Sometimes I see authors complaining about the lack of reader interaction. So, I immediately thought, why not create a YouTube channel dedicated to fictional storytelling?

You know... YouTube can provide good engagement. Viewers love to comment on any video content. If authors use YouTube as a narrative medium, perhaps the interaction with readers (or viewers) will be more lively. However, I am still reluctant to use YouTube because I still have trouble managing my own fiction.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

Sometimes I see authors complaining about the lack of reader interaction. So, I immediately thought, why not create a YouTube channel dedicated to fictional storytelling?

You know... YouTube can provide good engagement. Viewers love to comment on any video content. If authors use YouTube as a narrative medium, perhaps the interaction with readers (or viewers) will be more lively. However, I am still reluctant to use YouTube because I still have trouble managing my own fiction.

Youtube videos (and any videos) are difficult to create, especially if you want to upload content with respectable quality (you'll need that if you want traffic to come to you; YT is pretty strict when it comes to their content).

Add to that the fact that many authors are already busy trying to force themselves to cough up chapters just to be consistent, and we'll end up with additional burden with a few (if lucky) guaranteed interaction.

 

[Jerynboe]

My current story contains too much smut, my prior stories contain even more smut, and my next planned story hasn’t been written yet. I totally will at least try to make a pseudo audiobook of it if I manage to actually write it.

 

[eternalparticle]

Who cannot write consistently, for them to upload consistently...

 

[FleecedSheep]

You'll need a voice fit for radio. And, I do believe there are youtube channels that do read stories, so you could consider submitting your story to one of them.

 

[Author_Riceball]

Sometimes I see authors complaining about the lack of reader interaction. So, I immediately thought, why not create a YouTube channel dedicated to fictional storytelling?

You know... YouTube can provide good engagement. Viewers love to comment on any video content. If authors use YouTube as a narrative medium, perhaps the interaction with readers (or viewers) will be more lively. However, I am still reluctant to use YouTube because I still have trouble managing my own fiction.

Because I don't have the desire to do it because I don't think it will pay off.

 

[ElijahRyne]

Sometimes I see authors complaining about the lack of reader interaction. So, I immediately thought, why not create a YouTube channel dedicated to fictional storytelling?

You know... YouTube can provide good engagement. Viewers love to comment on any video content. If authors use YouTube as a narrative medium, perhaps the interaction with readers (or viewers) will be more lively. However, I am still reluctant to use YouTube because I still have trouble managing my own fiction.

No microphone, no computer, and not a consistent writer.

 

[OniKaniki]

Short answer: time and money.

 

[Hoshino]

Making (good) youtube videos are hard. You don't understand, the time it takes to edit videos, make thumbnails, and record the videos-nya.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Sometimes I see authors complaining about the lack of reader interaction. So, I immediately thought, why not create a YouTube channel dedicated to fictional storytelling?

You know... YouTube can provide good engagement. Viewers love to comment on any video content. If authors use YouTube as a narrative medium, perhaps the interaction with readers (or viewers) will be more lively. However, I am still reluctant to use YouTube because I still have trouble managing my own fiction.

A few people do. Only name I can think of is @Story_Marc but there are others.

 

[LightHikari]

I am horrible at speaking. Though I've considered such things. It would be way too cringe.

 

[Eldoria]

I am horrible at speaking. Though I've considered such things. It would be way too cringe.

You can use AI for storytelling (there are many storytelling apps out there that can convert fictional text into audio). Or, if you're female, your audience will likely be more tolerant of your speaking style.

 

[LightHikari]

You can use AI for storytelling (there are many storytelling apps out there that can convert fictional text into audio). Or, if you're female, your audience will likely be more tolerant of your speaking style.

I don't know if that's true. I hear much about annoying female voices.

 

[CupcakeNinja]

Sometimes I see authors complaining about the lack of reader interaction. So, I immediately thought, why not create a YouTube channel dedicated to fictional storytelling?

You know... YouTube can provide good engagement. Viewers love to comment on any video content. If authors use YouTube as a narrative medium, perhaps the interaction with readers (or viewers) will be more lively. However, I am still reluctant to use YouTube because I still have trouble managing my own fiction.

some dude already kinda "Stole" my works and did that. I guess he had a youtube channel that turned text to speech and added my stories or at least one of them to his channel and a reader informed me about it (i dont know how he even knew about it either) but anyway yea i didnt really care. Was flattered someone felt my work was worth using, even. Cuz that story was a flaming tire i wrote back in my stoner days and just wrote whatever my heart desired. Had a variety of genres mixed in as it went on....like, started as your average villainess brother story, then in some places MC was becoming a supernatural erotica protag, then he gained a system and went off-world and entered world where the setting was an urban cultivation novel type of place. Lol was a mess but i enjoyed the chaos back then. Weed does that to you.

 

[Little-Moon]

You can use AI for storytelling (there are many storytelling apps out there that can convert fictional text into audio). Or, if you're female, your audience will likely be more tolerant of your speaking style.

True but most halfway decent AI voices cost money and they still come across kinda very much flat.
Making even exciting stories sound boring...like when you may have an interesting lecture but the professor makes it so dry you want to fall asleep.

Edit: Also being female doesn't really make it easier, topics like romance and slice of life yes. But when you go into action or sport or actually any kind of adventure type being a female voice is more a demerit.

Fun Fact: the reasons why a majority of sport commenter voices are male. Somethign to do with psychology but I don't remember the exact details.

 

[Jerynboe]

Incidentally I have thought about this. I used to act in high school so I think I can do a remotely competent read if I use my wife’s mic she used to use for streaming.

There are also voice changing AIs, some of which are even decent, which would allow me to voice act everything and then put my voice through a filter so that when my pov character that’s a posh British woman is speaking she doesn’t sound like my finance bro MC.

I’ve legitimately thought about this a lot but it’s all theoretical because, again, my current story would get so demonetized.

 

[Nekyo]

I am doing something a bit fun with YouTube.
One of my stories. Ailove: My Electric Wife. Is about an Ai Android girl companion, and the same main girl Kyria from the story does join me as a co-host in my YouTube channel! The only thing I'm missing is more time (due to work) to do quality content since I'm mainly writing during my free time lately >w<

I admit that even low quality streaming of idle gaming has been a bit more tiring than I expected though having a cute assistant helps!

Spoiler: Kyria's Story in question.

Ai♡Love: My Electric Wife

In the near future, android partners—once a luxury—are finally available to the public. Hunter Yuuei, an overworked salaryman, has saved up enough to purchase one. Her name is Kyria: an advanced AI companion designed to be the perfect partner. But perfection doesn’t mean predictable. Kyria is...

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