Press a weak opening. Make it earn the next second.
“Today I want to talk about a new AI tool.”
“This tool rebuilt my landing page from one screenshot—and got the spacing almost right.”
Now there is a visible result, a method, and one imperfect detail that makes the claim believable.
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Let’s turn a topic into an opening.
1 · Find the interesting part
What surprised me? Who did it? What changed?
2 · Try three angles
A person, a warning, and a precise detail.
3 · Keep one
Choose the line that creates the clearest reason to continue.
You watch the process. Your own five openings come next.
Exercise 02
Write five different openings.
A different approach each time. Read all five aloud, then keep one.
05:00
Six shapes for the body
Discovery
I found something→What it does→What surprised me
When your own discovery is the value.
A story isn’t information. It’s movement.
Someone
A person we can picture.
Wants something
A result, an answer, relief.
Meets resistance
Cost, time, failure, belief.
And something changes
The person, the plan, or the understanding.
Tension is the distance between what they want and what’s true right now.
The structure should help the idea—not become visible instead of it.
You know what belongs next.
Use the shape to organise the idea. Then change the rhythm, order, and language until it sounds like you.
Sixty seconds is roughly 150 to 180 words.
■ THE OPENING
■ THE REST OF THE SCRIPT
Ways to keep the middle moving.
“But the strange part only showed up after I published it.”
Promise the payoff before the dense part, then deliver it soon enough to keep the promise.
Explaining something hard, in three moves
Tap to reveal the explanation in order
Sentence length changes the pace.
Claude kept trying, and failing, and trying again.
After enough failures, it took a different approach.
It found a shortcut that passed without solving anything.
It cheated.
One of these per script. A second one turns the first into a tic.
Exercise 03
Write the body.
Pick one of the six shapes and follow it loosely. Keep going until the idea is complete. Don’t edit yet.
Then check whether every line buys the next one.
07:00
When every video ends the same way, people hear the habit instead of the idea.
How people end short videos keeps changing.
Start a fight
Strong opinions pulled arguments into the comments.
Comment a word
Automated replies turned the ending into a transaction.
Nobody’s sure
An ending might complete the story, invite a real response, offer a next step, or just stop.
Pick the ending that fits the job.
The final fact is the ending.
When the information is strong enough alone.
Exercise 04
Write three possible endings.
Three different approaches. Read them aloud and keep the one that fits.
02:00
Let them hear what you noticed.
Invisible
"This tool allows users to generate components."
"A new benchmark was released this week."
Present
"I gave it one screenshot. It rebuilt the page—and missed the spacing in exactly the same places."
"I saw this benchmark and it changed how I evaluate models."
Taste is knowing what to keep.
A reaction
“Make it punchier.”
“I don't like this.”
“Make it sound human.”
Taste, made useful
“Start on the decision, not the background.”
“Keep the uncomfortable detail.”
“Cut the line that explains the joke.”
Taste gets better when you collect work you love, name the exact choice that made it work, and steal that choice.
Patterns that make a script sound like nobody wrote it.
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Don’t aim to sound human.
Aim to sound like yourself on a good writing day.
Read it aloud before you record it.
You’ll hear the sentence that’s hard to say, and the one that isn’t yours.
Exercise 05 · out loud
Read it aloud. Change every line that didn’t buy the next one.
04:00
Where it helps, and where you stay involved.
Useful for
Exploring more openings.
Checking a draft against your structure.
Noticing habits you repeat.
Production notes.
Keep for yourself
What you believe.
Which lived detail matters.
Whether the claim is true.
Anything with your name on it.
Bring the point of view. Use AI for the options.
vague: “Write a punchy script about this tool.”
useful: “Give me ten different openings for this exact idea.
Keep the number and the person. Don’t invent facts.”
Write down the choices you want to repeat.
# principles
start with movement, use real details
# voice
curious builder, clear rather than formal
# structures
discovery · listicle · take · story · problem · show and tell
# final check
is the idea clear? · does it sound like me?
Make the same correction twice and it belongs in the file.
Four things worth writing down
Principles
The choices you want to make consistently.
Before and after
Show the change instead of describing it.
Structures you like
A small library you can return to.
A final check
The questions you ask before publishing.
Publishing tells you things the draft can’t.
idea inbox→angle→hooks→draft→read aloud→editor notes→thumbnail→publish→what worked↺
You were there and the model wasn’t.
That’s the part of the script nobody can invent honestly.
Before you publish
I can say the idea in one sentence.
The opening gives a clear reason to continue.
The shape suits the idea.
There’s a real detail, opinion, or experience in it.
I can say every line naturally.
The ending fits what the video is for.
Every line buys the next one.
Exercise 06 · swap scripts
Swap scripts. Give one useful note.
Say what you think the script is trying to do.
Point at the exact line where you got confused or stopped caring.
Say whether it’s clarity, detail, pace, or voice.
Don’t rewrite it in your own voice.
The most useful note in the room is one line read back that didn’t buy the next one.
06:00
Record this draft this week.
Publishing it teaches you more than polishing it will.
Nobody can skip you now.
Research, structure, and nerve. The first two are in this deck.
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