I would like to do a mini-documentary (under 20 minutes) on various topics, but making documentaries eats up a lot of time and that means I can’t write essays at the same time. Which one do you prefer?
a) Watch a documentary in 1-2 weeks
b) Continue with weekly essays
Comment: In an ideal world, I would do both, but since there is only one of me, I have to pick and choose. Of course, this problem won’t exist, if I were to get another 1̶0̶0̶ 96 subscribers because then I can hire a part-time video editor and then do both!
I just saw your tweet about Michael Parenti's health and I think it would be amazing to make a short documentary about him and his work to send to him and show love. I'd be happy to contribute in whatever way
Essay. Love documentaries but no time to watch, only to listen. So actually, a voice only podcast would be a good compromise. Including references with any format would be great. Ranked choice: 1) Essay 2) Podcast 3) Documentary
Essay for sure. While your words are spot on, I find your voice shrill and not at all matching the tone of care and moderation I find in what I read. And reading gives me time to stop and reflect on what you're saying. I'm a kinesthetic learner, so I absorb it much better that way.
Personally, I rarely watch documentaries. I prefer reading to watching. I have more control to skip the redundant stuff I already know. But as someone below said, you have to do what you feel creative doing. Be your own muse.
Essays. Btw never got into the online community
I just saw your tweet about Michael Parenti's health and I think it would be amazing to make a short documentary about him and his work to send to him and show love. I'd be happy to contribute in whatever way
Essays if you ask me: that's what I can read. I'll skip the videos, never have the energy to sit through them.
If you want to try a documentary, go for it. And I hope you get more than 1 new subscriber out of the ask.
I'm sure your documentary would be well done and worthwhile, but I only read your essays. Sorry, not enough time in the day to watch videos.
essay
Essay! I rarely watch video unless I’m binge watching something, but I always read.
Essays. I enjoy your essays.
Documentary!
And if you need any original music, please don't hesitate to reach out.
A :D
A documentary would be a welcome addition to Historic.ly’s content. I don’t see a problem with hitting pause on the essays at this time.
I like the idea of short documentary series!
Essays
Prefer essays, but agree that you should do what you enjoy most.
It isn't about me enjoying it... I enjoy both. It's how to optimize my time for my subscribers :)
essays...easier to read in bits and pieces. But, agree with folks who are saying you need to follow your passion.
Documentary
documentary
documentary
weekly essays +1
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Go for what you like best, its hard work and doing what you like keeps you going! So A
Hw about a mix: a film once a month, and a couple of essays a week, intermingled? Best of both worlds!
Documentary
I would like to watch a documentary in 1-2 weeks.
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A, please!
A! A documentary would be awesome
a documentary! I find your videos very engaging and I like learning visually/auditorily
A
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b) I prefer essays
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I think you want to do the documentary, and you would get a lot out of doing it, and I would love to see it. Don't be shy about asking for funding.
How do I be more aggressive about asking for funding?
Have you ever made a documentary or any kind of moving image work? You would find that one a month is extremely, extremely ambitious.
I have. I have also been working on this one on and off for over year because it is so slow.
Essay. Love documentaries but no time to watch, only to listen. So actually, a voice only podcast would be a good compromise. Including references with any format would be great. Ranked choice: 1) Essay 2) Podcast 3) Documentary
We already have about 100 episodes on our podcast: Here is t he RSS feed: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/8079.rss
I would like you to do what you would like to do.
Since you are customers, I would like to make sure the customers are happy :)
Well, I'm a happy customer.
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You mentioned the documentaries are only 20minutes. If that is true do the documentaries otherwise stick with the essays.
Happy to see you explore what you like in any medium
Essay for sure. While your words are spot on, I find your voice shrill and not at all matching the tone of care and moderation I find in what I read. And reading gives me time to stop and reflect on what you're saying. I'm a kinesthetic learner, so I absorb it much better that way.
i have time to read some of the essays, not to watch documentaries, already too much online time. thanks for asking
A - Documentary
It would be cool to see what you would do in a video format. I'm happy with whatever content you make. Very informative.
continue with essays
documentaries, at least once to try it!
Documentaries. They’re generally harder hitting IMO.
Personally, I rarely watch documentaries. I prefer reading to watching. I have more control to skip the redundant stuff I already know. But as someone below said, you have to do what you feel creative doing. Be your own muse.
Both! Go wherever your creative juices take you. Sometimes a documentary, sometimes an essay.
This is for the next two weeks.
Ah. So maybe not both :)