: Re: Books versus YouTube videos I was wondering, and hope this question is not too broad, but these days, what are the advantages of writing a book versus making a series of YouTube videos? Do

If you are talking about "How To..." books versus "DIY..." videos, then there is probably some grounds to argue that YouTube is biting into book sales. But for any process which takes more than 5 minutes to master, or for anything that needs to happen more a few feet from your computer's screen, I think that even that genre still has a purpose.

As for the rest of the realms of non-fiction, nothing beats a book. The longest television documentary on any subject pales before the depth and completeness of a competently written textbook. Using a video as a reference document requires scrolling to the right spot in the timeline and the home pages of few YouTube videos come with time-stamp indices.

As for fiction, radio, cinema, and television have been attacking the dominance of the written word for decades. YouTube brings nothing new to that battle.

If you have valuable thoughts and ideas... write them down!

Load Full (0)

: Proofreading style to use I see several writing and proofreading styles around. There are AP, APA, and CMS to name a few. My questions are: What are the most popular proofreading styles today?

@BetL639

Load Full 1 Comments

: How Can You Prolong an Emotional Reaction in the Reader? I always feel that a book or movie has achieved something great when I have an emotional reaction to it. For a very brief moment,

@BetL639

Load Full 2 Comments

: It's fine as long as you're acknowledging the philosopher (clearly or not). But if you don't want to add the quotation details (such as the originators) to too many other quotes, you could

@BetL639

Load Full 0 Comments

: How useful are stock characters in fiction? I am writing a realistic-fiction novel set in the USA during the Great Depression. I intend to use some stock characters to make the story colorful

: Re: Books versus YouTube videos I was wondering, and hope this question is not too broad, but these days, what are the advantages of writing a book versus making a series of YouTube videos? Do

More posts by @BetL639

: Proofreading style to use I see several writing and proofreading styles around. There are AP, APA, and CMS to name a few. My questions are: What are the most popular proofreading styles today?

: How Can You Prolong an Emotional Reaction in the Reader? I always feel that a book or movie has achieved something great when I have an emotional reaction to it. For a very brief moment,

: It's fine as long as you're acknowledging the philosopher (clearly or not). But if you don't want to add the quotation details (such as the originators) to too many other quotes, you could

: How useful are stock characters in fiction? I am writing a realistic-fiction novel set in the USA during the Great Depression. I intend to use some stock characters to make the story colorful

Login to post a comment!

0 Comments

Back to top