The most recent edition of Writer's Digest has an interesting suggestion: authors should create a video trailer for their novel similar to the movie trailers that are so much a part of our culture.
Hmmm.....
I have to admit. I like it.
But, as good as the idea is, it also makes me want to vomit, just a little bit.
Now, on top of being a writer, a publicist, a public speaker, an event planner, a promoter and marketer, a web-developer and web-site administrator, I also have to be a videographer, video editor, sound technician and who knows what else?
And then I have to figure out how to promote this too?
Ohh, how I long for the days when I writer could just, you know, write.
On the other hand, I have gotten pretty handy with the iMovie program on my iMac. And I have recently purchased a tiny HD video-camera. And I do have my own Youtube channel on top of a series of blogs and two websites.
Maybe this could work.
And what better way to introduce myself to the lucrative world of script writing than to write a script for my own novel trailer?
It will be a lot of work, for sure. And it might not be any more successful than the variety of other avenues I've explored. But who knows?
And, if I try to approach it as yet another adventure in learning and creating, maybe I'll find a way to enjoy it.
Maybe. Once the taste of vomit clears up.
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