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nnyThe podfic thing is interesting.
I record podfic without any pressure to perform, because I know that I can read with expression, because I studied speech and drama for years and got grade 6 in something, in there, but mostly because I don't get any feedback. I don't record podfic for the acclaim or for the feedback, I record podfic to make the writer happy and to make me happy, and in that sense it's kind of a purer artform, for me, than the writing thing is. (I'm working on writing when it isn't for an audience, I'm working on writing and being able to go to bed before I've got any feedback - it's a work in progress.) While I'm participating in a rec fest I'm not sure I'm keen on my podfics being more readily fed back on, because to be honest feedback makes me more nervous than it doesn't, and I'm not sure I want to have something to live up to. That said, I do think my podfic could improve drastically. One of my goals this year is to learn to work audacity better, because I'd like to record longer fic and I don't yet know how to do that without doing it in one session. (Yes, the 2-3 hour fics I've done so far have been done in one session; please remember those are the edited, cut down versions...) But as well as working audacity better, I also need to know how I'm doing, what I could do better on, and that's not going to happen without feedback... but it won't necessarily happen with feedback, either. The Cult of Nice is wonderful and affirming and unhelpful, and I'm grateful for it and rail against it in one motion. Mostly I want to deserve the praise I'm given.
Like I say, I'm not finished yet. I have progress to make, and expectations is a serious area that needs work.
I record podfic without any pressure to perform, because I know that I can read with expression, because I studied speech and drama for years and got grade 6 in something, in there, but mostly because I don't get any feedback. I don't record podfic for the acclaim or for the feedback, I record podfic to make the writer happy and to make me happy, and in that sense it's kind of a purer artform, for me, than the writing thing is. (I'm working on writing when it isn't for an audience, I'm working on writing and being able to go to bed before I've got any feedback - it's a work in progress.) While I'm participating in a rec fest I'm not sure I'm keen on my podfics being more readily fed back on, because to be honest feedback makes me more nervous than it doesn't, and I'm not sure I want to have something to live up to. That said, I do think my podfic could improve drastically. One of my goals this year is to learn to work audacity better, because I'd like to record longer fic and I don't yet know how to do that without doing it in one session. (Yes, the 2-3 hour fics I've done so far have been done in one session; please remember those are the edited, cut down versions...) But as well as working audacity better, I also need to know how I'm doing, what I could do better on, and that's not going to happen without feedback... but it won't necessarily happen with feedback, either. The Cult of Nice is wonderful and affirming and unhelpful, and I'm grateful for it and rail against it in one motion. Mostly I want to deserve the praise I'm given.
Like I say, I'm not finished yet. I have progress to make, and expectations is a serious area that needs work.
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Date: 2010-01-22 09:35 pm (UTC)