I'd be doing this mostly from the POV of a podfic listener, so most weekly topics won't fit Podfic listener POVs are amazing, awesome and most welcome. :D I will add though, that whatever you want to offer for pod_aware, it doesn't have to match the daily theme. If you wanted to do a rec list on the 101 day, or post a pic spam for feedback day, that's totally ok too! It doesn't all have to be meta. :)
I still can't narrow where to start with how useful and fun podfics are to me. Is it normal that it sometimes feels like I'm repeating myself over and over? If it's wrong, them I'm a broken record. :) My way of working my feelings into something I can post about starts with me rambling on an on about everything related to the subject. I just bring up ALL THE FEELINGS! and slowly whittle them down until I get something close to the answers. It's not easy to do, luckily I have fannish roommates who are patient and hold my hand through this process.
Seriously just put all your thoughts out there, all the anecdotes and feelings, then just start narrowing it down. Or, at least, that's what works for me.
Hopefully that was helpful?
Is this a 'this is why you should give it a chance as a medium' or are we finally over that phase? Yes? No? Sorta? I'm someone who's constantly out there promoting podfic, either through my comms, my own podfic, or just generally being nosy. :P And because of that I see people at all levels of the spectrum of podfic knowledge/awareness.
The reason why I set up pod_aware so that anyone could join in and that they could offer to participate in whatever medium they are comfortable with, is because I was hoping that it would help spread the idea of podfic to people that have never heard of it before. As a podficcer, there have been many times where I've had to introduce someone to the concept of podfic so I can do my stuff, like when I ask an author for permission or if there's a comm I'd like to join but I'm not sure if podfic is allowed. Especially in the latter case, that can be hard, it would be nice if there was just a little more awareness out there, for people that maybe aren't interested personally but can still affect podficcers and their art. Which I guess kinda falls under "why you should give it a chance as a medium" but is really more "please be aware of my preferred medium"
And because I'm nosy, run a lot of comms and have the secret plan to friend all the podficcers (which is severely hampered by how shy I am about friending people) I also talk to a lot of podficcers when they run into issues regarding podfic and try to help them through those issues. I've been doing that a lot one on one and through meta but I wanted something that would give podficcers a chance to really open up about some of the issues we deal with all the time. To provide a specific forum/reference for podficcers to learn from each other.
If you wanted to do a rec list on the 101 day, or post a pic spam for feedback day, that's totally ok too! It doesn't all have to be meta. :) Ooh, hey, topic idea there: "podfic and you when you aren't a reader"? I mean, beside the obvious listener, I've also been a beta for podfics, and an artist in podfic big bang (which was a rather particular experience!), and we'll always have and need more reccers, commenters, and what can authors themselves have to do with podfics? There's lots of facets to podfics that aren't often talked when introducing people to the concept; maybe some would be interested if they knew they too could participate in ways they're already comfortable with.
Seriously just put all your thoughts out there, all the anecdotes and feelings, then just start narrowing it down. Or, at least, that's what works for me. Unfortunately that rarely works for me. Cutting down info doesn't work so well - instead, I most often end up just adding stuff and explanations until it's twice as long and fastidious! x__x Making lists might help though. Like, Having A Plan of what topics I want to talk about. Long post with cuts in it to help separate sections are already easier to read, right?
After the awareness, I think that your idea to have resources out there for podficcers is an excellent idea. It'll look way less intimidating that way, and help interested people start somewhere. (I know that when I was excited about podfics as a listener but had absolutely no idea where one could start to record their own, camelot_fleet's podfic workshop was a lot of help both in answering questions but just.. demonising it, showing podfic making as something anyone can do, if you get what I mean. It felt more of a communal activity and a friendly challenge than tackling this whole new unknown medium.) Doing that also opens up discussion of feedback, which I've been told and semi-witnessed is a big issue, like with all new or less common-in-our-fandom mediums. Not sure I'd be ready to meta on that, but it could be worth it to drop a line encouraging people (and myself!) to remember to let the reader know when we've enjoyed something of theirs. =)
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Date: 2011-10-26 03:10 am (UTC)Podfic listener POVs are amazing, awesome and most welcome. :D I will add though, that whatever you want to offer for
I still can't narrow where to start with how useful and fun podfics are to me. Is it normal that it sometimes feels like I'm repeating myself over and over?
If it's wrong, them I'm a broken record. :)
My way of working my feelings into something I can post about starts with me rambling on an on about everything related to the subject. I just bring up ALL THE FEELINGS! and slowly whittle them down until I get something close to the answers. It's not easy to do, luckily I have fannish roommates who are patient and hold my hand through this process.
Seriously just put all your thoughts out there, all the anecdotes and feelings, then just start narrowing it down. Or, at least, that's what works for me.
Hopefully that was helpful?
Is this a 'this is why you should give it a chance as a medium' or are we finally over that phase?
Yes? No? Sorta?
I'm someone who's constantly out there promoting podfic, either through my comms, my own podfic, or just generally being nosy. :P And because of that I see people at all levels of the spectrum of podfic knowledge/awareness.
The reason why I set up
And because I'm nosy, run a lot of comms and have the secret plan to friend all the podficcers (which is severely hampered by how shy I am about friending people) I also talk to a lot of podficcers when they run into issues regarding podfic and try to help them through those issues. I've been doing that a lot one on one and through meta but I wanted something that would give podficcers a chance to really open up about some of the issues we deal with all the time. To provide a specific forum/reference for podficcers to learn from each other.
Those are my hopes anyway. :)
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Date: 2011-10-27 02:41 am (UTC)Ooh, hey, topic idea there: "podfic and you when you aren't a reader"? I mean, beside the obvious listener, I've also been a beta for podfics, and an artist in podfic big bang (which was a rather particular experience!), and we'll always have and need more reccers, commenters, and what can authors themselves have to do with podfics? There's lots of facets to podfics that aren't often talked when introducing people to the concept; maybe some would be interested if they knew they too could participate in ways they're already comfortable with.
Unfortunately that rarely works for me. Cutting down info doesn't work so well - instead, I most often end up just adding stuff and explanations until it's twice as long and fastidious! x__x Making lists might help though. Like, Having A Plan of what topics I want to talk about. Long post with cuts in it to help separate sections are already easier to read, right?
After the awareness, I think that your idea to have resources out there for podficcers is an excellent idea. It'll look way less intimidating that way, and help interested people start somewhere. (I know that when I was excited about podfics as a listener but had absolutely no idea where one could start to record their own,
Doing that also opens up discussion of feedback, which I've been told and semi-witnessed is a big issue, like with all new or less common-in-our-fandom mediums. Not sure I'd be ready to meta on that, but it could be worth it to drop a line encouraging people (and myself!) to remember to let the reader know when we've enjoyed something of theirs. =)