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I'm 37 and can't drive either. I want to learn but cost and being terrified of it have held me back for a long time now. I don't know what it's like in the US but in the UK it'd certainly make a LOT of things easier, including finding (better) jobs.. Some places/people are ok to make arrangements, though, especially when it comes to the legality of it. Like you said, you've managed for a long time and can cpntinue to do sp cause you -know- how. When life theows limitations, we learn to either live with them or work around them. As for your videos, I loved the 1080p quality and angle. As I only have my phone/tablet to watch on, though, 4k doesn't do anything for me (and I think 4k is wasted on yt vids anyway). That said, the 4k contrast in the video felt a bit on the high side (but that is also an issue I had when switching to a 4k telly, it was so difficult to get the brightness/contrast/saturation right on it) Also loved the 'daily life'-snippets in between, they do add a bit of homeliness to it. Keep it up!

Have a series I've been working on for around 5 years, and I've been worldbuilding it mostly. Only recently did I actually start writing the chapters. It's been insanely hard as im sorta going a Tolkien route, lol. And by that, I mean I have a language im working on that's coming together quite nicely. However, it needs help. I am not the best when it comes to writing, but hey. I have got to chapter five, but i feel like I've been rushing it. I dont know. All I know is that I appreciate your videos as I've watched a few, and you've definitely helped me some with my series and my worldbuilding, so thank you!

Norton is all well and good, but when I was a kid my parents had a set of the complete Harvard Classics, which I believe they inherited from my grandfather from way back. The series contains not just modern literature, but also modern essays, ancient texts, Greek theater, medieval and early modern narratives, folklore, biographies, philosophy, science writing (e.g. Darwin's "Origin of Species") etc. My favorite volume was the complete Arabian Nights. Of course, the selection was made generations ago and I wonder if there's anything comparable out there today. But reading all or even most of the series definitely would have made a person "well-read" by any contemporary standard. My grandfather was a very smart guy and became a great businessman, but he had been far too poor to attend college and I'm sure he appreciated his Harvard Classics. For anyone interested in trying out this wonderful series, you can buy all fifty-one volumes on eBay at a reasonable price, but it's also available for free online.

Your vids keep gaining quality! This one was a bit low volume, but that said, the volumes of youtube vids is like a skyline of skyscrapers; up, down, up, down. As for the mic, I do think the arm takes a lot of visual space. It doesn't so much bother me, I just think you might want to utilise that kind of space, for example to show things? Good going on the job hunt! Find your balance <3

If you think you're not well-read and you're seriously thinking about blazing through literary anthologies, you're on the right side of Dunning-Kruger. Average Americans wouldn't even imagine being able to do this.

I like that first slurp.

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Why would you assume that to be "well read" means to know American or British literature in a Norton Anthology sort of way? However much American or British Literature you know, you would never be well-read if you've completely avoided Ancient Greek and Rome literature, philosophy, and science. Being "well read" is a very high standard. Reading poetry and novels is hardly getting you there.

I like how you keep your videos actually real. My feed gets pumped full with "do x, do y, do z, to <insert creative activity> fast/good/whatever" like one size fits all. As a parent to an autistic kid with, at most, half an hour to myself a day on pre-school-days and maybe an hour or so (if I'm not knackered) on non-school days, those video makers have no idea how valueable 10 minutes can be. This is where I like how you set the example of 'not everyone has 6 hours a day to themselves'. Good on you as well for going for that phd! I hope you get accepted! Keep the content coming as you see fit, it's a good watch! (Even in 1-3 minute chunks lol)

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the problem is that once you read a single text, you can see all the texts that influenced it, then the worldview and philosophical tradition, then the related current research, then you read a poem one day and it references some obscure middle age story, then you seek that out, then… its a never ending web! it’s impossible to feel truly “well-read.” it’s like diving into some intellectual hole and coming out mostly knowing that you don’t know anything.

Great point -- thank you

I discovered this channel yesterday. TH-cam suggested you when I searched “writing course.”

Love the way you explain. Its refreshing that you angled it with the current landscape. Sub!

such an underrated opinion.

Would like the glourious am essay but unfortunately it cannot be shipped to Denmark /EU by AMAZON ...

Thanks I love this channel.....look forward to more

i see writing as recursive in the sense that you take your writing and feed it back into the process to work on it again. or as Zinsser might say, "all writing is rewriting." riffing out a video is hard to do well, but in this case i think mixing a communication pivot into the idea of writing being recursive might have confused things a bit. i started out agreeing with the idea before i watched the video but that part lost me. i think i get where you're coming from, but i think that the communication pivot and how it relates either could have been explained more clearly or not included. i'm half bothering to comment because it helps with interactivity and might help push the video and your channel. i think you've got value to bring and i hope you succeed.

I very much enjoyed this. I was excited to see you had already uploaded this today. Thanks for the quick response! This helps so much. I definitely agree that this is 100% for me. I don't really care about the status of having read a certain amount of a particular kind of book. I care more about helping my writing process by giving it fresh ideas from a variety of different perspectives and perceptions. Seems like you picked up on that. I really appreciate that you added individual books at the end. I will take note of the anthologies. I'm so excited to start all of this. I was a mechanic for years and I'm finally doing something I love. This will help so much to strengthen my writing I am sure! Great video, again. All the best to you!

I totally agree, if you look at artists and watch them draw, its the same way, they get something rough down and then they go over it over and over again until its perfect. Writing is no different, I suppose thats why its a craft, even woodworking you do the same thing. I guess its just folley to think that you could do anything perfect the first time you do it.

Consistency is key. I had a similar experience when I started, getting maybe 20-30 views a video for my first few months. Eventually, TH-cam will start pushing you out to more viewers if you stick to a schedule. I'm at just over 11k subs after 2 years so its definitely possible. Keep at it!

your video quality is good. but you are getting not more views and subscriver ? your channel has 225 subscriber and 7 video If you SEO your channel's videos, you will get enough views and subscriber, your videos will rank in TH-cam's search results.

Great video! A free writing video would be interesting.

I am delighted to be here so early on! I recently started my own youtube channel and am excited to see where it goes. To be honest, I thought you were a long standing established channel with probably hundreds of video. I was surprised to find only a few. Your content quality is there and you will go far with this. I did also want to make an appeal tor a video idea. I have been looking for certain books to look into that can help me become well read (more than I am). I'm not looking for self help books, I'm moreso looking for books with good story telling. I am ADHD and am looking to train myself out of the word vomit writing. I have been journaling for a few years now and this has helped but sometimes I just can escape the long winded rigamarole haha. If you have any good books for this or know some good techniques outside of free writing, I would greatly appreciate it! All the best to you, good luck on your journey.

Congrats on the 200! Keep on going! And keep on following your dreams. If it works for you, that's the most important thing. Everyone values things differently. All we need to do is pick what we like and experiment with it to see if it works for us personally. You do you and people will love your videos for you. :)

No I don’t. The crushing realisation falls on me as I watch this, all is futile, the dreams of becoming a successful writer fade, the only thing remaining is that soulless job feeding the corporate machine that runs on people’s dreams, that consumes them like any other fuel, leaving nothing but ashes and ghosts of possibilities that never were. And then the single remorse of my life comes as a wish that wails as it can never be fulfilled: “I wish I had learned to write”

Have you read these texts, etc mentioned. Most of them contain multiple grammatical mistakes and misspellings. So in my humble yet always correct opinion few people know how to write.

I like the point that words are the map to the reader’s understanding. It reminds me of how we - as viewers - interpret art or movies or even songs. And, yes, you must read to be a better writer. For me, this means reading a physical book. And also yes on reading stamina.

I like how you covered writing, not only as writing stories, but also texts, e-mails, etc. In the past few months I've decided to write some fantasy and just changing the thought of "I've not written anything today" to "at least I've written this longer than usual text" is already more helpful.

Have a look at the book 'The 12 Week Year' for inspiration on keeping up your channel Begin with publishing 1-3 page short stories about your adventure with your channel

The video is great, you need to keep promoting your channel. Is not hard.

the algorithm presented this and think it's a cool idea for a series! keep it going man

Great video