Updated: 4 November 2026

Write a YouTube video script with a hook

This prompt writes a script for a video of a length you choose. You give the topic, audience, key points and style, and the structure starts with a 15-second hook.

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Write a script for a [LENGTH]-minute YouTube video.

Topic: [TOPIC]
Audience: [WHO]
Key points: [POINTS]
Style: [e.g. friendly, energetic, educational]

Structure: 15-second hook that promises the result, quick intro, main sections with a mini-cliffhanger between them, a call to action and an outro. Mark [B-ROLL] suggestions and give 5 title options.

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Say the payoff of the video in the first 10 seconds.

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What you will get

A full script for your video length: a 15-second hook that promises the result, a quick intro, main sections with mini-cliffhangers between them, a call to action, an outro, B-roll notes and 5 title options.

Common mistake

The hook is a greeting such as “Hi guys, welcome back”.

Fix: Use the tip and say the payoff in the first 10 seconds. Add “start with the result, no greeting and no channel intro before the hook”.

Also watch for

The script reads like an essay and sounds stiff when spoken. Ask for “short spoken sentences, with contractions, written to be said aloud”, then read one section out loud to hear it.
The main sections run long and padded because the key points were vague. List each key point with one example or number you really have, so every section has something specific to say.

Try a variation: under a minute

Change the length to “under 60 seconds, vertical, one idea, a hook in the first 3 seconds, no intro, a last line that loops back to the first”. Keep the five title options.

Still not right? Reply with this

Start with the result in the first 10 seconds, write in short spoken sentences, and use only the examples and numbers I listed in the key points.