Video that my AI created for something I'm designing for a customer to 3D print

my first video

Hi everyone, I’m new here — glad to join this space. As a new self-publisher, I’ve learned over these last two months that marketing is far harder than writing. For months I chased platforms — Skool, X, Pinterest, Reddit, Facebook — trying to get my book Fueling the Night Shift in front of real night shift nurses. But the results are not very noticeable. Then it hit me: what if I just… made videos for them? Sounded simple. It wasn't. I burned through nearly every mainstream AI video tool — robotic characters, stiff movements, hours of prompts for results I wasn't proud of. More than once, I nearly quit. Then I came across Gemini Omni Flash, and everything changed. I stopped obsessing over the tech and started asking the real question: what do night shift nurses actually struggle with at 3AM? That's when the angle found me — the coffee-snack-regret loop. Not a willpower problem. A biology problem. I wrote the script, refined it, rebuilt it. Way more time and pain than I expected. But that learning? Worth every hour. Where there's a will, there's a way. Now I'm committed to a daily series — one video every day. I don't know what it'll do for my book. Maybe nothing. But if even one nurse picks up one practical tip, I'm more than satisfied. First one's live here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SqV8INEl7V8 And since this community has seen countless AI videos — what resonated with you, and what didn't land? No sugarcoating, I'm still learning. Every honest note helps me serve those selfless night shift nurses better. Thank you. 🙏

Following a step-by-step tutorial build usually goes smoothly, but things get messy the second you try making your own concept from scratch. You nail the initial prompt, then burn through credits trying to get the animation, camera move, and final cut to match what you actually planned. It feels like the jump from copying a project to finishing an original build has a ton of hidden friction. Where do your original video projects usually stall out?

“How can I generate AI videos for free?”