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xan ([personal profile] xancredible) wrote2020-01-06 09:02 pm

Podfic Recap 2019

This year I finally compiled podfic stats! It took me a week because I had to update my spreadsheet first, but here we are, finally!

Stats & Overview
[excluding multivoice projects at my own discretion]

Duration of audio produced this year: 28:06:14
Duration of audio produced overall: 57:15:48
Average duration this year: 00:37:28
Average duration overall: 00:47:04
Number of completed podfic this year: 45
Number of completed podfic overall: 73
Number of Fandoms this year: 8
Number of Fandoms overall: 18
Kudos overall: 739
Comments overall: 265
Bookmarks overall: 81

Looking back, did you make more podfic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d predicted?

Definitely a LOT more than anticipated. I got into the habit of posting once every week and that kind of pushed me to record more because I wanted to keep up the streak for as long as possible. I finally broke it in the summer and barely posted any new works in the second half of the year.

What pairing/genre/fandom did you record that you would never have predicted in January?

Uh, so much of the hockey pairings, probably. Like, Willy/JT or Tyler Seguin/Matty Tkachuk XD.

Did you take any podfic risks this year?

I tried some non-traditional formats like tumblr posts, or what borders on meta posts during the "Out of the Auditary" challenge in ... April, I think?

How did you grow as a reader/editor this year?

I learned a lot about my process. I started to incorporate visual editing into my process and that has greatly helped me streamline my work.

Personal favorite, for whatever reason?

ooh, hard to say. I'm gonna make a top five with no order

(1) dragged all over - a multivoice project with[personal profile] frecklebombfic,[personal profile] clachnaben

Was there one that didn't turn out the way you wanted?

Plenty but I luckily forgot which ones they were :)

Most popular that was posted this year?

Probably one of the multivoice projects or a Merlin one.

Most underappreciated that was posted this year?

According to the Kudos count, it's dragged all over and it's true that I would've liked more traffic on it, but it's also true that another podfic already exists.

Most "ah ha ha I can't believe I did this"?

It's a tie between the Sizzling Slutty Seguin Summer Series (like... the commitment and concept, not so much the individual podfics) as well as cold-reading yer a wizard, dudley.

Biggest learning experience?

Pick your multivoice partners carefully unless it's a podfic where execution doesn't matter to you as much.

Most difficult to make?

In a way, most of them. Agonising over song choices or cover art is par for the course and in many cases my biggest struggle.

A scene or character you voiced that surprised you.

Not directly. I feel like I have 3 voices that I tend to recycle, so if anything, I'm surprised by how same-y they all sound.

Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a podficcer)
(could be another podficcer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc)

I'm gonna pick the[community profile] podfic_bingo

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