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Never really been a fan of my voice, but people tell me I should do radio or be a public speaker, never been interested in those fields though.
What I do fancy myself is story telling, be it writing or narrating. There's just something about that whole ordeal that attracts me, catches my eye and lets me enjoy myself, y'know? It can also be frustrating as hell, especially if you're wracked with self-doubt and constantly undermine your work.
I do think it can help a lot in your personal life - to keep people's attention and make sure they're not bored with whatever they may hear. You don't need some overly complicated tripe nor a tale with a deep meaning behind it either, something as mundane as getting rid of a mouse can work.
Of course you have to embellish it, but that's an absolute given for something which purpose is to entertain or keep the audience engaged, isn't it? So long as you don't go absolutely overboard to the point where you break the immersion you so desperately try to build, you should be fine.
You need an example though, I get it. Everything's clearer and easier to digest with them, they're a great tool. Back to the aforementioned mouse extraction - in and of itself it is not a very interesting tale; I saw a mouse in the corner of my room, I blocked it with my foot and, unbeknownst to me, I stepped on it. Picked up with a sock, threw him away and then I saw blood on the sock and it dawned on me, I killed the little fucker by accident, sullied a perfectly fine sock and also dirtied my floor.
Now that's not really an exciting read, is it? I mean, my stupidity aside, it just reads very... boringly. Feels like a chore - we need to clean it up, unfortunately I'm all out of Oxiclean, so you're on your own. Fuck you.
What I do fancy myself is story telling, be it writing or narrating. There's just something about that whole ordeal that attracts me, catches my eye and lets me enjoy myself, y'know? It can also be frustrating as hell, especially if you're wracked with self-doubt and constantly undermine your work.
I do think it can help a lot in your personal life - to keep people's attention and make sure they're not bored with whatever they may hear. You don't need some overly complicated tripe nor a tale with a deep meaning behind it either, something as mundane as getting rid of a mouse can work.
Of course you have to embellish it, but that's an absolute given for something which purpose is to entertain or keep the audience engaged, isn't it? So long as you don't go absolutely overboard to the point where you break the immersion you so desperately try to build, you should be fine.
You need an example though, I get it. Everything's clearer and easier to digest with them, they're a great tool. Back to the aforementioned mouse extraction - in and of itself it is not a very interesting tale; I saw a mouse in the corner of my room, I blocked it with my foot and, unbeknownst to me, I stepped on it. Picked up with a sock, threw him away and then I saw blood on the sock and it dawned on me, I killed the little fucker by accident, sullied a perfectly fine sock and also dirtied my floor.
Now that's not really an exciting read, is it? I mean, my stupidity aside, it just reads very... boringly. Feels like a chore - we need to clean it up, unfortunately I'm all out of Oxiclean, so you're on your own. Fuck you.
