Retention-Shaped YouTube Script
Writes a script built around where viewers actually leave — an open loop in the first eight seconds, and a re-hook at every drop-off point.
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Running it, start to finish
- Describe the topic, the channel and the one genuinely interesting thing you know.
- Pick a cold open, then read it aloud and trim it further.
- Shoot against the B-ROLL and ON SCREEN markers rather than adding them in the edit.
What you get back
The output this produces, every time.
- Opens with a concrete stake instead of a greeting, which is where the steepest drop-off happens.
- Places your best insight above the natural exit point rather than saving it for an ending fewer people reach.
- Marks the specific moments most likely to lose a viewer, with a suggested cut or move for each.
Getting better results
Where this usually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.
- Put real substance in best-insight. This field decides whether the script is worth watching. If you cannot fill it, the video probably does not have a reason to exist yet.
- Cut the first line anyway. Even a good cold open is usually one sentence too long. Read it aloud and start at the point where you would lean in.
- Check the loop actually closes. An opened loop that never resolves is worse than none — it is the second retention cliff, and viewers remember it.
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