Updated: 31 October 2026

Storytime video script

This prompt turns your real story into a 45-second script that opens with a hook that reveals the twist, tells it in three beats with on-screen text and ends with a takeaway or question.

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Turn this real experience into a 45-second storytime script for short video:

[YOUR STORY]

Start with a hook that reveals the twist, tell it in three quick beats, add a line of on-screen text for each beat, and end with a takeaway or question that invites comments. Keep the tone [TONE].

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Start with the most surprising moment, then rewind to how it happened.

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What you will get

A 45-second script that opens on the surprising moment, tells the story in three quick beats with a line of on-screen text for each, and ends with a takeaway or a question for comments.

Common mistake

The script runs well over 45 seconds.

Fix: Ask for about 110 spoken words at most and read it aloud with a timer before you film.

Also watch for

The hook gives away the ending, so nobody stays. Ask for a hook that shows the surprising moment but holds back how it ended, like “I got locked in the office, and that was the good part”.
Real names and places are left in. Swap names, employers and exact places for general ones before you paste, especially if the story involves other people.

Try a variation: split into a two-parter

Ask for a part one that ends on a cliffhanger at 30 seconds and a part two that pays it off, for a two-post series.

Still not right? Reply with this

Give me three alternative hooks for the first two seconds, each revealing the twist in a different way.