Even when I do scripting, I struggle

[Benie]

Just to clarify, I script my intro and outro. I know what I want to do; I'm a PS4 video game reviewer. I separate the lines of my intro and outro to make them easier to read, because timing is everything when I only have 15 minutes to do it (thanks, Sony).
I have everything I want to say in a text document, right between my "this is how long you have 'till the video stops recording" timer, and Audacity to record my voice.

But my issue is I don't use a script to explain the game. I feel like I can use the knowledge of what I've learned from the game as the script. But when that doesn't work, I try to write down reminders of what to say. The other issue is studdering (the 'um' 'uhhh' thing because my brain takes awhile to produce words), or even forget things I've already explained. There's even times where I take too long to explain (due to my studdering) and leave very little time to do my outro.

Surely there's something better than "practice". I don't have time to practice, when I got a video that needs to get done and out ASAP.

 

[SlickBlasian]

Just to clarify, I script my intro and outro. I know what I want to do; I'm a PS4 video game reviewer. I separate the lines of my intro and outro to make them easier to read, because timing is everything when I only have 15 minutes to do it (thanks, Sony).
I have everything I want to say in a text document, right between my "this is how long you have 'till the video stops recording" timer, and Audacity to record my voice.

But my issue is I don't use a script to explain the game. I feel like I can use the knowledge of what I've learned from the game as the script. But when that doesn't work, I try to write down reminders of what to say. The other issue is studdering (the 'um' 'uhhh' thing because my brain takes awhile to produce words), or even forget things I've already explained. There's even times where I take too long to explain (due to my studdering) and leave very little time to do my outro.

Surely there's something better than "practice". I don't have time to practice, when I got a video that needs to get done and out ASAP.

I understand how you feel. Editing out those "uhh's" is a pain but it's worth it to make the video sound more put together. What I think would help is just making quick bulletpoints. I feel it will sound more fluent if you're starting out then just writing it from scratch.

 

[xingcat]

Bullets can really help you get from point A to point B. And yeah, you may not be able to rehearse your current script, but you can rehearse reading off a script for the first time, which is a skill that a lot of people use, especially voice actors, because a lot of times they don't get a lot of takes, and/or they're auditioned right off the page.