The Importance of Visibility

I Have a YouTube Channel

I’ve had a YouTube Channel for a few months now, but I haven’t promoted it. I have very few subscribers, although I didn’t know how even those people came to me. I have uploaded shorts with my poetry reading as well as other videos on the subject of writing.

I did this to increase my visibility. It scares me, but I know I need to do it. I need to put myself “out there,” and I need to become more comfortable with being seen. As an author, this is necessary. But, this isn’t the first time that I have worked on my “visibility.” I’ve been on this journey for a few years, and every time I have challenged myself, I have gained confidence.

The first time I challenged myself to become more visible about my writing was on August 14, 2019. I participated in a Visibility Challenge on a Facebook Live. The only people who knew about it were those who were on the challenge with me. It was the first time in my life I was putting myself out on any kind of video. I was supposed to talk about my writing, yet it was almost a year before I would publish any poetry online and two years before my first book would be published.

I woke up early to prepare, but nothing I did reduced my nerves. I had scheduled the FB live session for 9 am. As the time grew nearer, I got even more and more nervous, but I had no choice…