streamers constantly say to me lj i'm boring i don't know what to talk about
i'm not engaging and i'm certainly not funny i should just give up on becoming a streamer
and i always reply the exact same way you're not boring you're just a beginner and you clearly
lack confidence and the best part is that all of those problems you've just addressed
are so easy to fix so let's do that today
the major mindset that causes streamers to fail is thinking they have nothing to talk about and they
can't be entertaining the core concept of today's video is going to show you just how much you do
in your day-to-day that you can turn into entertaining content and i'm going to give
you examples such as bilber ludwig and some of my own ones more important than that though i do
have time codes linked down in the description as well so if you want to you can skip to the
very final tip in this entire video which is the most important one as well it has zero downsides
you cannot fail at it and if you actually follow through on that final tip you'll become so much
more engaging so much more confident yourself and generally a better presenter in a matter of days
speaking of being engaging last time i asked you guys to like comment and subscribe to a video to
help me with the algorithm and it really worked so i gotta throw it out there again liking this video
and commenting really helps us out and subscribing is free let's first establish a major issue that
might be causing you to create boring content and how you might actually be the reason and the cause
for it this is easily fixed but if we don't fix it there is nothing in the world that can help
you out when you're starting you have to address this first problem if your stream is gonna go for
three hours then you need to produce three hours of content it's pretty simple right but what if i
said to you no you need to produce three hours of engaging and entertaining content well that
becomes much more difficult and it becomes even more difficult when you think about the fact that
most of you guys aren't streaming for just three hours a lot of you are streaming for five hours a
session then we add on the fact that a lot of you guys are streaming five days or more a week five
days or more a week with five hours or more every single stream that is a lot of content to produce
when you're starting out if you are streaming that much you might be setting yourself up to produce
boring content because you just can't fill so much time in your day so my actionable tip straight out
the gate i recommend doing three to four days a week and doing three to four hours per stream
don't push yourself any further than that or else it becomes too much the other problem is
when you're not live you probably spend a lot of time thinking about streaming
what you're going to play next when you're going to go live what you're going to do to
try stand out or you're just spending your time watching way too many streaming videos
subscribe by the way and that is amazing that you're so passionate about streaming but if
you spend all of your time so focused on only streaming well then you lose something that is
so important you lose relatability and you lose stories essentially by spending so much time
focused on streaming you become a less rounded person if you're struggling to find things to talk
about then take a step back and look at your day-to-day first do you stay up late playing
video games maybe you're watching tv are you a morning person or a night person when you turn
off the lights because you're going to sleep do you have to sprint to your bed and quickly
dive under the covers because we all know the ax wielding murderer can't get you as long as you're
under those sheets what chores have you done this week which ones are fun to do and which ones suck
actually this one might be too straightforward it's not very open-ended because we can all
agree that doing the dishes is the best chore tied with making the bed
and then on the complete opposite side the worst ones are sweeping and vacuuming that's just a fact
do you know why the meme only 90s kids remember this became so massive
it is because it is so relatable to a huge demographic and it acknowledges people's
existence it makes them feel like they're a part of a group they see the meme and they go oh my
god that is totally me and this is the same for your day-to-day people can relate to it
every example i just gave you is something that i've used in my stream to create entertaining
content and to engage chatters to be more active but how does it become entertaining content if i
just said i did the dishes today well that's not entertaining and it's barely even an observation
when you're a beginner i want you to start by thinking about opinions or observations that
everyone can relate to on some level it can either be heavily agreed upon but
at the same time you're better off being in the minority because it sparks a better conversation
so rather than saying i did the dishes today you'd say man i was doing the dishes today and i swear
anyone who doesn't agree that doing the dishes is the best chore is an absolute sucker this sparks
conversation because people go what doing the dishes sucks you touch random squishy things in
the water and i'm not a sucker for disliking that and then they reply in chat defending their view
but at the same time you don't need the chat reply it's just it's easier when starting out
to have someone to bounce off next you double down and give more details you get more specific
and become more visual and it generally becomes more engaging for example you're absolutely wrong
i'm standing there this morning doing my dishes i'm in my underwear and one wet sock that i use to
clean up some coffee that i spilt we've all been there the birds are singing outside as i scrub
some cheese off a frying pan and i'm blissful i'm more zen than buddhist monks will ever even know
because i know for a fact that my wife who's fed into the same anti-dishes propaganda the rest of
you sheeple have fallen for that she's not only going to wash and hang out my underwear but she's
going to be happy that she gets to do that rather than do the dishes who really has the worst chore
me who's scrubbing cheese of a frying pan or my wife who's scrubbing cheese off my underwear
you establish a setting with details that people can understand relate to or at least recognize
you escalate it add absurdity and then you subvert expectations with a punchline it becomes a story
with a payoff i quickly wrote that example for this video because it has a clear structure and
it shows you how a mundane task can be turned into something exaggerated and entertaining
it isn't perfect but it works for the example and i really want to point out the subversion of
expectations at the end everyone is thinking it's about chores they're not expecting to hear someone
talk about crusty cheesy underwear sometimes the best thing you can do is subvert expectations for
example like this guess what i'm eating right now one of your favs rage you're eating dick
good for you a lot of creators just forget about punchlines they'll tell a whole story and there's
no payoff at the end there's no fun moment cute moment there's no wholesome moment there's just no
reason they told the story there's no payoff and it leaves you feeling blue bald and like they were
just trying to fill dead air rather than trying to keep you entertained see i'm not an expert
i'm still learning how to do all this but if you look at professional comedians like bill burr or
if we're talking about streamers you can look at someone like ludwig because at these people's core
they are professional storytellers the reason i reference ludwig is because he follows this
process with almost every single story he tells and with almost every single joke he tells in
the example we're about to watch he doesn't need to obviously engage his chat to become active and
get them riled up he just needs to tell a funny story and i think it's a really good example
of how you can do that somebody came up to me and asked for a picture in las vegas they
walk up to me i'm minding my own business playing craps you know how i do come on shooters get a yo
guy comes up to me hey you're luck hey you're ludwig yeah uh what's up you wanna
you want a picture or something no i actually don't watch you at all ever i'm not even making
this up he literally said that can you see how he took a story about being recognized in public and
set up not one but five jokes that all made him more relatable and more engaging to his audience
trying to act cool at the crabs table redoing the other guy's entrance to make him shorter than him
adding a deeper voice pausing mid-conversation to throw dice and finally the punch line where
we find out the guy doesn't even watch him this most likely isn't how the story actually goes
he probably didn't put on a deeper voice and he probably didn't pause mid conversation to throw
his dice but the exaggeration and the willingness the joke about his own shortcomings makes the
payoff perfect for his audience while also making him so much more relatable and so much more down
to earth and i really think this is one of the reasons why ludwig is one of the greatest creators
on the internet right now whether his content is your cup of tea or not doesn't really matter
because i think if you break down creators like ludwig or comedians like bill burr you can learn
a lot about storytelling and being engaging that is just a fact not everybody is a natural-born
storyteller and that's fine i have a tip coming up soon that will help you practice these skills
become more confident and become way more engaging very easily but first let's talk a little bit
about other places you can draw inspiration from for stories and for content what hobbies
and interests do you have and can you share those with your viewers most people on twitch play video
games so that is a really good place to start what games are coming out what cliches do you
hate what game is severely underrated or what game is severely overrated i once joined a stream and
listened to a guy rant about how much he hated red dead redemption 2 for two hours i couldn't look
away the lunatic just kept going and it worked everyone was yelling at him in chat everyone was
telling him he was wrong i don't even know if he was wrong at this point it was just so engaging to
listen to you can talk about tv shows anime books documentaries games whatever it is a lot of pop
culture is beloved and will always be trending and if you're engaging in it then you can engage
others in conversation about it as i said earlier you should probably have some hobbies outside
of streaming maybe you like to cook photography board games juggling maybe you're a rock climber
actually not the last one if you're a rock climber you'd probably have no trouble talking for
hours because every rock climber i've ever met all they do is talk about rock climbing
you don't even have to draw inspiration only from things that are happening in your days today you
can take inspiration from things that happen in the past as well school and work stories
are some of the most relatable stories that you can possibly tell everyone went to school and
everyone knows that one kid that said you know if the teacher's not here in 15 minutes then we can
legally leave and there are so many other things that we can all relate to for example everyone has
had terrible bosses and everyone has had terrible jobs have you ever traveled overseas have you ever
taken a road trip have you ever peed in a bottle because you're trying to avoid missing your league
of legends q pop these are staple life experiences that every single human on the planet has done
they are all relatable and you can use them as bases to create observations and entertaining
content so what i want you to do is get a notebook get a pen and spend some time thinking
about stories from school stories from work and generally things that have happened to you that
you think are relatable to people i think most people don't realize that everything i've talked
about so far is a skill that you can practice at and become better at but how do you do that
well you become better at it the same way you become better at doing anything
just by doing it but i know you're gonna say streaming is nerve-racking you might get teased
by your friends you might look dumb and you might fail and there are two ways i can help you with
that the first is by saying that yeah you might fail and you might look dumb but you're going to
be way more upset with yourself if you don't at least try to become better at this thing you want
to do and the second thing that will help you with this might be the most important and most valuable
tip i will ever give you on this channel if you want to have zero fear of failing and zero fear of
looking dumb while you practice then all you need to do is get your phone or sit down at your webcam
and hit record don't prepare anything don't come up with notes and then spend 10 minutes
recording yourself on camera talking and trying to be entertaining and engaging when those 10
minutes is up stop recording and do not watch it back put it aside put it away the next day i want
you to sit down and i want you to watch back the whole 10 minutes don't have anything playing in
the background don't be distracted just watch your 10 minute clip the moment that 10 minute clip is
done hit record and start recording another 10 minutes try and be entertaining and try and be
engaging stop after 10 minutes don't watch it back go to the next day rinse and repeat this process
daily not only will you notice that you become an incredibly confident speaker if you actually
work to improve as you go but you'll also notice it becomes much easier to fill those 10 minutes
and this is the most crucial part because if you can't fill 10 minutes without a chat helping you
without other engagement without other notes then you're not going to be able to fill three to five
hours of stream without a chat and if you can't do this without a chat if you can't be entertaining
without a chat to bounce off well then you can't be entertaining with a chat that's just a fact
this has been about 2100 words to talk about how you can draw from life experiences to create
entertaining content but i really think a big takeaway was something i said right at the start
where i talked about creating a life balance with streaming i see you guys commenting about how you
missed a friend's birthday party to maintain a consistent schedule how you no longer have
time to enjoy the things you want to do because you spend all of it working on streams you're
not spending time with your family and your loved ones but it is so important you keep
yourself open to these experiences and you keep this balance intact not only because yes it'll
give you stories and content to talk about while you're live but it will also make sure
that you're not feeling drained and dead while you're live if you don't have this balance you
will start hating streaming and if you hate your stream nobody else is going to enjoy it
well that was 2300 words to essentially tell you guys to go touch grass
so if you watched at this point comment down below "I touch grass" and sorry
about the ludwig clickbait in the thumbnail i'm trying out some new youtube techniques