YouTube Content: Thoughts?
Good evening, lovelies!
Video editor Nic and I were talking the other day, and he warned me that soon the CaFae Latte TikTok series is going to catch up with the YouTube compilations, which means we'll be looking at at least a few weeks a month with no content--unless we come up with something. I said, "Don't worry about it! I'll come up with something."
And then proceeded to forget about it for almost a week.
(In my defense, I've been working on Heart of Iron revisions.)
Now, some content ideas are easy. I've learned quite a bit in terms of both creating videos and writing advice, so I can take some of my more popular writing advice videos from a few years ago and revamp them.
But that barrel is going to run out very soon, so I thought, in addition to brainstorming other ideas, I might as well just ask: what type of long-form YouTube content do you want to see?
Writing advice?
Lists of favorite/least favorite tropes?
Favorite/least favorite books?
Deep-dives into specific tropes (a la OSP's "Trope Talk")?
Some more vlogger-esque or behind-the-scenes?
Going into the mythologies/legends that inspired CaFae Latte?
Or something else entirely?
There's no such thing as a bad suggestion! This is just me trying to figure out "Hey, what does my audience actually want to see?" and then figuring out how to deliver it. :)
Comments (53)
Definitely the Myths and legends that inspired the series
Mythology’s inspiration into cafae latte would be awesome And I would love to see your book recommendations and reviews
I’d love to see how “Bob” and Cyrus came to be. I want to see the kidnapping of the infant prince and so on. I’d also love to see rethu and Cyrus (or any combination of the book club) do a Cisco and Ebert (I butchered their names) book review on a bunch of books.
Definitely Going into the mythologies/legends that inspired CaFae Latte!!! Or any other legends!!!
The Mythos and lore for the races, creatures, etc.
All of the above for for ideas
Myths! And CaFae Latte lore in general would be cool to hear about. Also would love to hear more about the process of getting your writing published!
Myths or legends background!
I know that we have had characters come and go and you can't always flush out all the characters. I, personally, would love to see Ben and his mother come through again. Herla was interesting in the way that he interacted with Nicole. We haven't seen very much of Patrick and the vampire, and whatever happened to mike, the homeless guy? Or did he just phase out because his situation with his brother was panning out so well and he got the job that he had an interview coming up for?
CaFae Latte pre-history -- all the things that happened from when the Cafe opened in the 1960's up until the current cast was introduced.
Writing advice Favorite books Some more vlogger-esque or behind-the-scenes Going into the mythologies/legends that inspired CaFae Latte How to get over writers block? Q and A Day in the life? Really anything from you will be great ❤️ I want the lore most, and then writing advice second most
Could do some of the typical YouTuber videos and do Q&A's, viewer assumptions about you, try not to laughs etc. With June coming up you could do a video around you being aroace, talk about your experince with it and how you worked out your sexuality to help others who are confused on theirs. Maybe some day in the life of a full time content creator/author, do a time lapse of you writing, doing revisions etc.
I like all of these ideas but agree with mythology #1. On a side note and Not to start the debate, I checked into getting rid of TT and you can't without a full reset to factory. Disable yes of a sort but not deleted. Scary IMO.
Mythologies and Legends 1000% only thing I would watch for sure others would be more dependent on the mood
Mythologies/legends for sure! And trope talk/your fave and least fave tropes. Also I'd love to hear how tropes enter your writing process. Like, do you start out with intent to use or play on tropes, or do you notice them as they're happening and then make choices about what has naturally happened?
My answer is easy (at least for me)...YES.
I would like: Favorite/least favorite books? Deep-dives into specific tropes (a la OSP's "Trope Talk")? Some more vlogger-esque or behind-the-scenes? Going into the mythologies/legends that inspired CaFae Latte? But it is important that you continue to do whatever makes you the most happy.
Here is a thought. Invite someone that plays Table top Role playing games onto the video. You can discuss ways to incorporate your world building and characters into a game setting. You can even make it a challenge for viewers to build a character and then review them on a later episode.
trope talks about each of your characters would be awesome
You make a lot of book recommendations. How about a few book reviews?
I would love to hear about the writing process... how Do you start, how Do you structure the plot, What software is the best to write with? How does the rewriting and editing work? I imagine some kind of " BTS of authors" is what I'm talking about.
How about an alternate arc on the princess story where she's the one doing the saving and every challenge is somehow solved in a wacky/nonviolent way?
I'd love to see the mythologies and legends behing cafae latte!
Everything you listed I would be interested in watching, for sure.
Mythology for sure! Part of how I got to Cafae Latte on TikTok was through mythology TikTok! Your take on tropes would be absolutely refreshing as well.
One thought is that we could do a Staff react to old stuff to current??
Have him restart the series so he can do all the cool things he did in later episodes.
Honestly as long as I get paid, I would be down for that
Some information about the myths / legends would be nice to see. And also behind the scenes of filming videos in general. I really would like to see your whole process for making videos. Other than that, maybe you could show us how to categorize books into trope categories? That way we can learn which tropes we like, and find new books that fit into those tropes.
There is a thought on how I do the How-tos for the video effects post it on her channel is an option
Behind the scenes of lore or myth of the cafe and the tropes from a writers pov would be super cool!
I watch a lot of YT videos, and I find that I loose interest pretty fast when it's over 45 minutes. I enjoy the cafae series, but understand if you are burning out with it. My fav authors are TPratchett, CJ Cherryh, Alexander McCall Smith, and Jasper Fford. I used to read other authors, but these are the ones I've been hooked on for 20 years. Since Pratchett is gone now, I rely on Fford more. I like SF/Fantasy, but not hardcore SF [example: reading how the ships are powered bores me]. I'm not a fan of extreme violence, especially if it's graphic. I like things with humor. Talking animals is good, as are talking trees and plants. I find I'm going to YT more these days instead of TT, if it is cancelled, I want to be able to still view what my favs are posting. Sorry for the long comment.
I absolutely love all of these suggestions, especially the mythology and trope talk ideas!
Id love to see the myths/legends behind Cafae Latte. I love learning about different creatures & realms by watching. Id love to see where it all comes from.🥰🥰
How about conversations with other authors? Like an interview but more of a real conversation.
I'd be very interested in the Legends and mythology behind cafae latte.
Definitely interested in your view on tropes. And definitely interested in the mythology for cafae latte
book recommendations would be extremely cool. my TBR and currently reading on goodreads recently has been populated entirely by books you’ve talked about in cafae latte videos, and nothing has disappointed yet!
Writing advice and your sword or swords and behind the scenes always good and why not fav fanart
Going into the mythologies/legends that inspired CaFae Latte and Some more vlogger-esque or behind-the-scenes
A little bit of vlogging. Myths and lore yes. And maybe like a video aimed on the background of each character. I know you do a lot in the videos but maybe a couple minute video from the perspective of the character. Like the Cyrus and his book Tok but each video exclusive to YT
A video of your sword and dagger collection! Please.
I like the idea of doing blog style content but only because that's my favorite content. You could also do book reviews/recs and I would watch it
Book recommendations are always welcome! Myths & legends behind your creations would be lovely! Trope dives are increasingly interesting to me. Writing advice/description of your process(es)/how you (and your Mom) got started/behind-the-scenes type of videos can be very helpful, too. Also perhaps the occasional survey of fan art received or seen, if allowed to share in a video.
I’d be interested in going behind the scenes on favorite character development. Across all your books and content. Like, what kind of research and decisions did you take to decide to create a character and how did the character evolve.
Definitely would love to hear about the myths and legends, not to mention vlogger and behind the scenes stuff would be fun.
MYTHOLOGY AND LORE!!!! PLEASE
Perhaps like a book report series. Like Cyrus’s channel from that one episode of CaFae Latte.
But as Cyrus maybe
I don’t remember if you have your accidentally kidnapped series on YT?
Honestly, I don't remember, either. I might have to save that for if/when its book is actually ready for release (Kingdom of Starlight)
Definitely writing advice I’m taking a creative writing class next year and some basic information before then
Oooh, I think it'd be interesting to hear the research you've done into different mythologies/lore/religions/etc!