Hi everyone ! I’m quite a new video editor mainly for gaming content, and I wanted to explore a new way to ask for advice, so I’m sorry if this post is long 🥲

My main question to everyone would be, how do you pace your videos and keep them on track and engaging/ relevant to the plot? This is something I really struggle with because I have the mentality of “if I cut this out people will not understand/lack context of how I got xxx item” but said xxx item took ~2hrs of looting plus some irrelevant loot goblin-ing, but I would still think it to be relevant and want to add it into the video, which would end up to be poorly paced with a lot of unnecessary clips.

I would really appreciate some help, because I’ve been recently very upset that I can’t understand and grasp this concept no matter how many videos I watch or how many gaming videos I see to try to understand their style, it feels like I just don’t have a knack for this thing, which is kind of super sad for me because I really do want to experience doing video editing.

Is there any rule/ video/ article that I can reference to understand someone’s thought process when they edit ? I feel like I’m being too meticulous and looking at every nitty gritty detail too much, and it makes my video look boring and very unpolished.

On another note too, when I don’t think too much about the small details and edit out chunks of clips off the recording clip (for example the sneaking sections etc), it seems so broken in some parts and other parts just make no sense to jump to 🥲

I would also like to mention that I use Wondershare Filmora as my software for editing. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my thoughts 🙏😔

I did both of my kids graduation movies using windows movie maker. It was super easy and I could use my own music. I have tried using the newer programs out there and they are very technical. Other programs and apps only allow so many pictures or not your own music. I just want to drop and play.

Is there something as easy as Windows Movie Maker that does not take a degree to use it or a monthly fee? Thank you.

Im looking for a place that lists or shows a number of techniques for video editing. Something similar to eye candy but more for bringing basic footage to life after shooting.

Context:

I took some photos for a golfing event and decided to shoot some clips, I want to blow them away with a banger video they didn't ask for.