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Video Creation is a Creative and Vulnerable Act

Making a video is a creative process, and that's why it's so scary. Like all creative acts that you share with others, it forces you to be truly vulnerable. For those of you who are natural performers, this will be relatively easy, but for many others, this might be downright painful. It's so hard to silence that voice that yells at us even during the creative act itself. That voice tells us we aren't good enough, smart enough, attractive enough... you know that voice I'm talking about? We all hear it. And for some reason, when we sit down to make a video, that voice can become so loud that we can't even hear ourselves think.

This is NORMAL. You need to acknowledge that this is hard -- and do it anyway. With practice, it gets easier.

Here are All My Top Tips

Watch this video to see all of my top tips for making great screencasts.

Give Great Screencasts: Video Chapters

Screencasting Tips Intro: 0:00
Software Options: 0:26
Planning: 0:53
How Long Should It Be: 2:02
Audio: 2:35
Visuals: 3:34
Your Face: 4:46Practice: 5:53
Filming Tips: 5:59
Editing Tips: 6:38
Recap: 7:01
Outro: 7:19