Try saying “oh, brilliant” out loud. Once because you mean it. Once because you’ve just missed the bus. The words stay the same. Your voice does most of the work.
That’s the part of conversation we wanted to make room for in SayBits. The small laugh before a story. A pause while someone finds the right word. Excitement you can hear before they explain why.
A thought can be small
A bit is up to 20 seconds. It might be something you noticed on a walk, a question you’ve been turning over, or a reply to someone who made you think.
You can start with one thing. You don’t need to introduce an entire subject or wrap everything up with a conclusion. There’s room for the next person to answer. When a story needs more space, you can connect up to ten bits.
Leave the voice in
We like hearing people sound like themselves. That includes the accent, the uneven pacing, and the moment they change their mind halfway through a sentence.
You can listen back and re-record before you post. Use that when you need to. But a bit doesn’t have to sound like a finished production to be worth sharing.
Start by listening
You don’t have to arrive with something to say. Follow a topic you care about and hear how other people talk about it. Follow someone whose bits you keep playing.
When a thought comes to you, the microphone is there.
