YouTube has created a new video style to compete with TikTok and Instagram. It’s called YouTube Shorts. These are vertical videos that are less than one minute in length. I watched a bunch of how-to videos about Shorts and decided it would be fun to try.
I had a hard time picking a topic that’s both short and informative and put off trying this new format for a while. But I wanted to change my videos in July, so it was the perfect time to go short.
It felt really weird recording one minute of content. It felt even weirder since it took no time to edit one minute of content. But I loved the results. Weird.
I plan to do a Short every Friday* for the foreseeable future, and the first one dropped this morning. I have ten scripted, and because they are so short, I can record several at once. I hope you’ll take a look and see what you think. I appreciate all your comments.
*I am changing my write-in videos too. Instead of doing two ten-minute write-ins on Tuesday and Friday, I will do a longer one on Tuesday. It will consist of two 25-minute sessions with a five-minute break in between. Sundays will still be dedicated to the craft of writing.