Short-form video is powerful — but it almost burned me out

in #videosyesterday

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Everyone talks about how short videos are the future.

They drive attention, boost engagement, and outperform static content on nearly every platform.

I know that.

I’ve seen it.

And for a while, I genuinely tried to keep up.

But if I’m being honest — creating videos nearly killed my momentum as a content creator.

Not because I lacked ideas.

Not because I was shy on camera.

But because video always felt like the one step I never had time or energy for.

🎬 I’m not a top-tier editor — and I never wanted to be

I write, I create, I explain.

I can structure ideas, communicate benefits, and build narratives — but once I have to turn that into a polished video?

That’s where things get messy.

🧱 Doing it myself? Took forever. Every. Single. Time.

Here’s what a typical video creation workflow used to look like for me:

  • Write the script
  • Break it into scenes
  • Search for visuals and stock footage
  • Record or generate a voiceover
  • Edit transitions, timing, background music
  • Format for different platforms
  • Export… and find out the captions didn’t sync

All of that, just to say something I already wrote in 200 words.

I’d spend 3–4 hours on a 60-second clip and still hesitate to publish.

Not because I’m a perfectionist — but because it just never felt worth it.

🧾 Outsourcing? Also a dead end

So I tried hiring help.

But that came with its own challenges:

  • Explaining exactly what I want took more energy than doing it myself
  • The style was often off — too corporate, too animated, too generic
  • Edits were slow, and communication back-and-forth drained momentum
  • Costs added up fast — and I still didn’t love the result

At some point, I realized:

I wasn’t looking for a perfect tool or a perfect freelancer — I just needed something that got me through the stuck part.

Something that turned my already-written thoughts into a watchable format — without me building everything from scratch.

✍️ That’s what InVideo AI ended up solving

The first time I tried it, I just dropped a paragraph of text into the input box.

In a few minutes, it turned that paragraph into a structured, paced, visual story — with a voiceover that actually sounded natural.

I made a couple of tweaks, hit export, and had a short video ready to publish.

That was it.

No templates to fight.

No editing timeline to wrestle with.

No second-guessing my script structure.

Just an actual video — from content I’d already created.

🎯 It didn’t make me more creative. It just got me unstuck.

Since then, I’ve used it to:

  • Turn product intros into reels
  • Repurpose social posts into story-style videos
  • Respond to audience questions with video explainers
  • And most importantly — finally get my ideas published instead of buried in drafts

It doesn’t try to be flashy.

It just clears the debris between idea and execution.

🧭 If you’ve been sitting on great content — but never quite get to the “video” part

You’re not alone.

You don’t need another editing suite.

You don’t need a high-end video partner.

You just need something that moves your message forward — in the format that gets seen.

That’s what InVideo AI did for me.

👉 Click here to try it