Tapped Out Creatively (Lily) (Patreon)
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Lately 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.