When I made this list of goals, I'd already done most of the work I needed to on my RPG adventure I planned on Kickstarting. The only thing left to do before beginning the campaign was the promo video, which would help boost the chances of the campaign's success.



Despite that, it took me nearly a year to get around to doing the video. This was primarily because setting up the cameras and reading scripts took a lot of effort and time, and could only be filmed during the day (we didn't have a great lighting situation). This was mostly procrastination on my part - though I was very eager to Kickstart the adventure, I was less than eager to film the video. I didn't have stage fright, I just wasn't looking forward to what was going to be annoying, fiddly and dull work.



Eventually, I put my foot down, suppressed my dread, and just did it. It took about a month from shooting the footage to finishing the editing, and another week to compose an original song to play as backing music, but once I was done I felt a massive hurdle had been lifted from my shoulders. Once the bottleneck was gone, I initiated the Kickstarter campaign almost immediately after.



As it turned out, the video was five minutes long and could easily have been half that, saving me a lot of effort. Well, I know for next time! (less)

When I made this list of goals, I'd already done most of the work I needed to on my RPG adventure I planned on Kickstarting. The only thing left to do before beginning the campaign was the promo video, which would help boost the chances of the campaign's success.



Despite that, it took me n (...more)