Comment by ChrisMarshallNY
11 hours ago
I would do more video, but video editing is really difficult.
I think that today’s video influencers have gotten really good at “one take and done” recording.
I couldn’t do that. I’m way too much of a perfectionist. I always edit my text, and I’ve been writing all my life. I don’t think that I’ve ever written something perfectly, the first time (including HN comments. I tend to go back and edit for correctness and clarity).
A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewed for a podcast. The process was fascinating, and the woman that did it, obviously does a great deal of editing and refinement. I don’t know if I have that much patience.
No prominent writer has ever said that writing came easy to them. I think it’s not wrong to feel this way.
There’s a lot of iterative script writing that goes into “one take” videos. I think they often appear to be one takes and that’s the polish or perfectionism you’re seeing.
I mean, some of them are just rambling on and going more Vlog stuff. But even then they’ve likely already decided an agenda of discussion items and thoughts on them prior to just randomly going unfiltered.
Although idk, our algorithms of content could be completely different and you’re truly seeing something else.
Even short form video is a lot of work to be good at it and build a following unless there’s something else at play (charismatic, sex appeal, etc).