Scroll-stopping Reel / Shorts script with a hook

This prompt writes a 30-second Instagram Reel or Shorts script about your topic, for your audience and in your style. It comes as a table with the time and what you say and show, starting with a hook.

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Write a 30-second Instagram Reel / YouTube Shorts script about [TOPIC, e.g. 3 money mistakes people make in their 20s].

Audience: [AUDIENCE]. Style: [STYLE, e.g. fast, funny, talking to camera].

Format it as a table: Time | What I say | What's on screen.
- 0–3s: a scroll-stopping hook (give me 3 hook options).
- Middle: quick, useful points with one surprising fact.
- End: a clear call to action (save / follow / comment).

Also write a caption and 10 hashtags.

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Film 3 versions with different hooks and keep the one with the best 3-second retention.

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What you will get

A 30-second Reel or Shorts script as a table of time, what you say and what is on screen, with three hook options, quick useful points, one surprising fact, a call to action, a caption and 10 hashtags.

Common mistake

The hooks sound like ads, not like you talking.

Fix: Describe how you talk, for example “funny, Hinglish, talking to camera”, and paste one of your old captions as an example.

Other ways it goes wrong

The surprising fact is vague or not true. Check any fact or number before you film. Ask “give the source for each fact”, and cut anything you cannot verify.
The script is too long for 30 seconds. Read it aloud with a timer. About 75 words fits in 30 seconds at a natural pace, so cut to the points that earn their place.
The on-screen text repeats what you say. Ask “on-screen text should add a second layer, like a key number, not repeat my words”.

Try a variation: series

Add “turn this into a five-part series with the same opening line and a different tip each time”. A series gives viewers a reason to come back.

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