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Tapped Out Creatively (Lily)
🕑 Added 2022-03-05 06:34:28 +0000 UTCLately I've found myself extremely tapped out in regards to making videos. The most recent Glass of Water wasn't one I was completely happy with and I just wanted the script off my desk and out the door, hence why there are a lot of parts in the script that feel like they should have been switched around.
The fact is, I've been doing Glass of Water since 2014 and I'm just tapped out on it. Most of the shows I've been following are on extended hiatus leaving me with no new content to unpack and examine, and the shows available to me are either not something I can make a whole video on (Craig of the Creek) or are so criminally boring that I just can't get through them (Amphibia).
The Encanto video was the first time I've felt genuinely motivated to make an essay video in a very long time, and beyond that the videos I've been the most enthusiastic about are the WoW In A Nutshell videos where I get to be comedic. I also have a few longer-form videos like the Owl House superlong essay, sadly on hold until the show gets back from hiatus already, and what I've tentatively titled "Pokemon Replay."
I'm actually quite enthused about those and would like to dedicate more time to them, but the scheduled content keeps getting in the way.
I'm torn between putting everything else aside to make these videos, and risk audience abandonment and potential financial devastation if they aren't received well, and just chipping away at them when I can in perpetuity while I try to force out videos that I'm not happy with and don't enjoy making.
I know the default answer is to say "take your time, we'll wait" but the truth is that most people won't wait. Patron pledges will drop, ad revenue will drop, I tried working at a more ideal pace last year and was punished severely for it. Combine this with the continued harassment where people rush to tell me everything I make is awful and that I'm an awful person for breathing...
Wow that's a lot of job stress.
I don't know what I'm going to do about this. And please don't tell me what you think I want to hear.
This is just a heads up, as being paying members of the community you deserve to know what's going on.
Comments
IvyReed
I don't know how much crossover your Patreon/YouTube, gets with your Tumblr, but I'd happily accept for more stories from you (Hoard Champion, Madhouse, Starwars Rewrite, etc.) through this platform as a substitute or augmentation of your video content. Of course, IIRC the point of those projects was that they WEREN'T a source of income and were just for fun.
CrystalHopeDragon
Dudett I am a patient woman and have been with you all on here for years. I ain’t going anywhere. And honestly? If I started seeing more Pokémon I’d be willing to up my pledge. I’m a Pokémon kid at heart, always have been. I love all your content, but I live for Pokémon.
Silver Tongue
I'm upping my pledge. I know it won't make much of a difference but, tbh, I don't care about how much content you produce. You're a wonderful person and you deserve support for all the shit you go through. I have a stressful job myself, and I can sort of relate, even if at the end of the day I don't know what it's like to deal with all the harassment. I can still understand that things "need to get done" by the end of the day. I really wish you the best, and I'll be here no matter what because at this point you're just my favorite person on the internet, and I don't want to see you go away. If my financial situation changes, I'll contribute even more.
my favorite type of content from you are the glass of water and the long essay videos, those are what i usually rewatch the most. i could tell you enjoyed the encanto video more than the others. if there isn’t a lot of content i personally won’t cancel my pledge, but i have a very small amount and i’m probably not the one you’re concerned about. i’m willing to wait for passion projects. i’ve been watching you for nearly a decade so i have faith in you. basically, i won’t cancel my pledge if there’s a lack of content (updates would be nice tho)
