SAT, OCTOBER 31, 2026
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AI YouTube Script and Video Marketing Prompts

A script that reads well and retains badly is the normal failure. These prompts are built around retention: the first fifteen seconds, the point where viewers leave, and the difference between a title that gets clicked and one that gets watched. Paste your own analytics where asked - the retention prompts are useless without the curve.

⌨️ 10 prompts 🕐 Updated Oct 31, 2026 👁 4 views
💡 How to use these prompts: Replace everything in [BRACKETS] with your specific details before sending. Click Copy to copy any prompt to your clipboard instantly.
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Write a hook that earns the next fifteen seconds
The first 15 seconds
Write opening hooks for this video.\n\nVideo topic: [DESCRIBE]\nWhat the viewer gets by the end: [DESCRIBE]\nAudience knowledge level: [BEGINNER, INFORMED, EXPERT]\n\nGive 6 hooks of 15 to 25 words across these types: the surprising result stated upfront, the specific question the viewer already has, the mistake most people make, and the demonstration described in one line.\n\nFor each, say what makes someone stay. Then mark any hook that promises something the video does not deliver and remove it. Never open with a greeting or a channel introduction.
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Script a video around a retention curve
Full script writing
Write a script structured to hold attention.\n\nTopic: [DESCRIBE]\nTarget length: [MINUTES]\nAudience: [DESCRIBE]\nKey points to cover: [LIST]\n\nStructure it as timed beats. Every 60 to 90 seconds there must be a reason to keep watching - a new question raised, a result shown, or a change of format.\n\nOutput a table: timestamp, beat, what is said, what is on screen, and the retention reason. Mark the two points where viewers are most likely to leave and say what you put there to prevent it.
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Find out where a video lost people
Improving the next video
Analyse this retention data.\n\nRetention curve: [PASTE, OR DESCRIBE DROP-OFF TIMESTAMPS]\nScript or transcript: [PASTE]\n\n1. Match each significant drop to what was happening in the script at that timestamp.\n2. Classify each drop: the promise was met and they left satisfied, the content slowed, the topic shifted, or the hook over-promised.\n3. Say which drops are a problem and which are normal.\n4. For the problem drops, give the specific edit.\n\nDo not treat every drop as a failure. Say so when a drop is fine.
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Write titles that match what the video delivers
Titling without clickbait
Write titles for this video.\n\nWhat the video actually shows: [DESCRIBE HONESTLY]\nAudience: [DESCRIBE]\nWhat they would search: [PASTE QUERIES IF KNOWN]\n\nGive 10 titles under 60 characters across these approaches: the specific result, the direct question, the comparison, the number, and the plain description.\n\nFor each, state the click reason and the retention risk - what a viewer would expect that the video might not deliver. Rank by expected click-through among people who would actually watch to the end, not raw clicks.
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Turn one video into a week of content
Repurposing long form
Break this video into shorter pieces.\n\nScript or transcript: [PASTE]\nPlatforms: [LIST]\n\nFind the moments that stand alone - a complete idea, a result, a strong sentence, a demonstration.\n\nFor each: the timestamp range, why it works alone, the platform it suits, the caption, and the reframed opening it needs, since it no longer has the original context.\n\nReject any clip that only makes sense to someone who watched the full video.
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Write a description that works for search and for humans
Description and chapters
Write the video description.\n\nVideo: [DESCRIBE]\nScript: [PASTE OR SUMMARISE]\nLinks to include: [LIST]\n\nStructure: two sentences that make sense in the search snippet, then the detail, then timestamps, then links.\n\nThe first 120 characters must stand alone, since that is what shows before the fold. Timestamps must name what happens, not generic section labels. Do not stuff keywords - write it so a person reading it gets useful information.
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Pressure-test a video idea before filming
Deciding what to make
Is this video worth making?\n\nIdea: [DESCRIBE]\nChannel topic: [DESCRIBE]\nWhat exists already: [LIST SIMILAR VIDEOS IF KNOWN]\n\n1. Who searches for this, and what do they already know?\n2. What do the existing videos get wrong or leave out?\n3. What can I show that they cannot?\n4. Is this a video, or is it a paragraph?\n\nAnswer question 4 honestly. Some ideas do not justify eight minutes, and saying so saves a day of filming.
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Rewrite a script to sound spoken, not written
Making scripts deliverable
This script reads like an article. Make it sound like speech.\n\nScript: [PASTE]\n\n1. Find every sentence that would be hard to say out loud in one breath and break it.\n2. Replace written connectives with spoken ones.\n3. Mark where a natural pause belongs.\n4. Flag any phrase that would sound stilted read aloud.\n\nKeep the meaning identical. Then read back the three sentences that changed most and explain what was wrong with each.
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Plan a series rather than another one-off
Building a content plan
Turn this topic into a series.\n\nTopic: [DESCRIBE]\nChannel: [DESCRIBE AUDIENCE AND EXISTING CONTENT]\n\n1. Propose 6 to 8 episodes, each with a title and the single question it answers.\n2. Say what order they go in and why.\n3. For each, state what makes it a separate video rather than a section.\n4. Identify the episode most likely to bring in new viewers, and say whether it should be first.\n\nReject episodes that only exist to complete the set.
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Write the end screen that actually gets a click
Closing and next-video flow
Write the closing 20 seconds.\n\nThis video: [DESCRIBE]\nNext video to recommend: [DESCRIBE]\nWhat I want the viewer to do: [SUBSCRIBE, WATCH NEXT, OR SOMETHING ELSE]\n\nGive three versions: one that bridges to the next video by raising a question this one did not answer, one that asks for the subscribe by naming what they get, and one that just ends cleanly.\n\nSay which you would use given the video described. Do not stack all three asks - that is why most end screens get skipped.