Storyteller or just reading? - a freewrite

Writing is not the same as reading or telling a story.

Many great writers are terrible storytellers. If you hear them read a part out of their own book it is hard to believe they wrote the story.

A terrible voice to listen to is not great in real life but annoying if you buy an audiobook. It is in most cases disappointing. It is the voice... that certain voice that hurts your ears or simply does not fit to the story.

I remember an old man reading from his books on television.
I believe it was at the end of the evening before they stopped broadcasting. The guy sat behind a table and read with his boring, monotonous voice. There was nothing else to look at as this man. I believe the wall behind him was white and the table was empty. Perhaps a glass of water stood on it.
I did not like his voice, did not understand what he was saying and therefore disliked his stories. Possible it was poetry reading
(He always held a small and thin book in his hand).

Years later, at the library where I worked, an author read parts of his new book about a police officer. That author was a storyteller! Although I never liked the genre of books he wrote I started reading them because of the performance he gave.

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It was a busy day after all.

Hardly time to read or write. I mowed 1/7 the part of my garden it took me nearly 4 hours.
Right after I hung the laundry outside it started to rain ☹. It is muddy around here so a good reason to stay inside.

This is yesterday's @actifit report September 8, 2019. No gardening and that shows.

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