killer youtube scripts, explained

this is the advanced guide to creating killer YouTube scripts to blow up your channel because what's the secret how do these channels systematically craft scripts designed to go viral almost every single time I mean look at these scripts these scripts are engineered with psychology and tactics to create the most engaging videos I mean come on this just sounds like poetry I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence but it can't be the scripts it's got to be something else right it's probably just the gear they're using or maybe they have a huge following on Tik Tok or they know something we don't and they want to keep that knowledge a secret well there is a secret but the secret to success isn't what you think secret lives with Charlotte and without this YouTube itself completely falls apart good news is it's actually quite simple here's the story so it turns out a script can be either average great or killer and it's not a normal distribution most scripts are average that's why the vast majority of us are stuck under a th000 Subs while a select few break a million the quality of scripts is vastly different and that's why the channel results are vastly different and this video will show you how to write all three types and yeah mainly the killer one but you have to write an average script before you write a killer script and whether you write scripts before you film or you craft your story in the edit this video is for you and speaking of you if you're new to the channel welcome because you're home and to be honest we need you subscribers to this channel are men and women well for some reason mostly men why are there so many dudes on this channel she's out there subscribers to this channel are men and women who love creating videos and genuinely want to make themselves their families their communities their Nations a better place and after being nearly a year and a half of being gone from YouTube of course the night before I film my girlfriend's dog slashed my face but I've seriously missed you all so much and I'm so excited to finally be back on YouTube the secret to YouTube scripts and frankly all scripts in general is that they're a function of two things build intention and this one formula should guide every second of your script writing process and it's what holds all of YouTube together what's the one point You're Building towards and how do you create tension along the way and this is a function like however good your build and ttention are your video will do average great or completely blow up your channel it really only takes one video so where do we start it's a riddle Bobby Fisher the legendary chess champion said tactics flow from a superior position so while you want to hurry up and start writing your whole script that's not where we start this killer script you see here flowed from a killer outline first like an overall Arc for the whole story and at its simplest form that Arc is just three things the story is introduced builds to a climactic peak and then resolves so to get started don't start writing a script start writing an outline and to help me write my outlines and my scripts for my videos I made this app called Studio Forge Google Docs and all that works but I just needed a dedicated platform to help me make my Youtube video so that's why I made this app link below in the description look when you start watching any other video you'll start noticing what's the intro what's the climax what's the resolution this is pretty simple stuff but almost every YouTuber skips this this is the whole foundation and without these three things you're going to struggle writing a killer script good news is it's actually quite simple this is Cole Zer Cole makes videos helping people get through their breakup he makes really authentic content that's designed not just to help them get their ex back but on how to move forward and be a better person and live their life more and now just like pretty much every Tik tocker he's trying to figure out how to get onto YouTube it's pretty frustrating what kind of ideas do you have so far so I want to make a video on six reasons people leave the ones they love to just give people more understanding about what happened in their relationship so let's go ahead and create a video from there when you have your video ideas laid out in a manner like this it becomes really easy to just pick one of your ideas and start making a video from it oh that's cool okay okay playing video do you have a thumbnail yet nope word title um no have you watched any of my videos before we ever start with the script we got to come up with outline let's go into outline mode this is freaking cool this is what the average YouTube script looks like there's a weak intro like welcome to the channel there's hardly any emotional Builder Climax and the resolution is basically a like And subscribe so this is basically like the average YouTube video right this is about how far I would usually go and then I would just set the camera and talk and that that works right that'll get you average result results but we're here for killer results I was waiting for that word killer so now the question is how do we turn this average script into a great script a better intro a better Climax and a better conclusion what's the one point You're Building towards I have two main ideas so one major point is just giving people some education explanation on what probably happened these are the six most common that I've seen the next point is to explain to people and validate people that did leave for these reasons that it's okay that they're not the bad guy for choosing to leave a situation that wasn't the best for them is it okay to have two we may have more clarity on what's the one climax we're building towards if we do a better job on our intro once we know what the hook is then we know the answer that it's going to be I could tell a personal story just about like how I was so confused and I would go through thousands of different possible scenarios in my head of why I got left what I might have done wrong the hook is I'm so hurting and Confused that climax is the answer as to why they left the relationship what you do once you have it and the conclusion the resolution is going to be now that I see this light here's how it my story can resolve and I can move forward we've got two climaxes and I think that that could be a problem how can we sum up these two climaxes into one killer point that we're trying to build towards closure is I think the biggest one it's like climax Max I don't know how I feel about that how do you cut that down into something shorter is it closure is it alleviating confusion I think the main thing is understanding like closure through understanding closure through understanding you can see that Cole's getting more and more clarity as he simplifies what's his intro what's his Climax and what's his resolution this is a killer outline so okay cool how do you feel about it I freaking love it so don't write your script until you've written your outline what's your intro hook what's your climactic build and how do you resolve the story and ladies and gentlemen when you've done the work like this on your outline the script just flows naturally do you feel like any of the tension is going to be lost in the reasons maybe if it gets lost in the reasons it could kind of die down and then the climax wouldn't be as powerful but I think that leads perfectly into the next section of the video Okay cool so go ahead and click script mode sweet okay and so now for each of those sections we just each of those outline sections we made now we can write the script lines form that's cool so now that we know what we're building towards how do we create tension along the way listen what's the only reason that you'll stop watching a YouTube video only if it's boring so pacing keeps that viewer engaged and so what's the number one easiest way that every YouTuber can start improving their pacing start cutting cut all those unnecessary lines you got to be ruthless like every single second of your script should build your intro to the climax and if it doesn't contribute cut it out every story is collapsible to some degree if you're not taking out 10% you're not trying very hard why take 20 minutes to say something when you can say it in five anytime I build anticipation for what's to come next or should I say open a loop I create tension in my video because the viewer just like has to close that Loop and this constant opening and closing of Loops is just the essence of captivating writing what makes surfing thrilling is carving up and down the face of the wave so rather than writing your viewers emotions Flatline try to peek up and down the full spectrum of emotion make them scared make them laugh make them angry relieved happy sad crushed nervous joyful how can we make this like an emotional intro I want to talk about sleepless nights and not knowing what happened I remember pacing the floor and pulling my hair out trying to figure out what went wrong I could say like this really mattered to me if we say this really mattered to me that doesn't really open up that much of a loop by the end of this video finally provide you with closure you seek this sounds really cool so much better than just going into the reasons after saying hello this is a script that has built it's awes this has build and if you keep this up this will have fantastic tension too you open Loops you start with an intro the whole point of your video is building to the one killer Point how to get closure through understanding what a gift a good writer is to be able to accentuate and help us Savor all the positive and negative emotions that God wants us to feel in this life but all these tactics be it pacing tension Loop opening cutting and editing flow naturally because we had a good outline a structure for our writing to flourish if you want a killer script to blow up your channel what's the one killer Point You're Building towards and how are you creating killer tension along the way anyone can learn this and that's what's so cool like it's not just some special trait that you have or you don't no one's naturally born good at this and that's what makes this so fun is you just keep practicing and improving and seeing your skills get better there's one critical part of this function that I left out it's invisible and if there ever was a secret this is it what are the YouTube videos we really enjoy it's the ones where the Creator fell in love making it what like life can you bring to your script what gift is given to you so that you can enjoy it yourself and share it with your family your community and your country I can't tell you how many times I'll write a draft for one of my scripts and I'll struggle with it it'll be overly complex and I just not having a good time making it and then I'll go to sleep and then I'll wake up the next morning and suddenly it hits me that I wasn't having fun with it so yeah from a marketing perspective I try to pick video topics that you'll click on and that you'll watch but it's really hard for me to make a video that I'm not in love with hundreds of you have been asking where I'm at why I'm squandering my YouTube potential and that's true I definitely should have been making videos the last year but I feel really different since the last time I made a video I feel like I've died and been reborn I used to be so obsessed with productivity and accomplishing goals and all these skills that I could learn to improve myself and now rather than trying to escape from life I'm learning that I can escape into life I see all of the good that life has to offer and I can't get enough of life now something or someone is redeeming me and I feel like I get to savor all the pain and joy life has to offer Rich pain and Rich joy and believe it or not this isn't entirely off track because your script should help people feel pain and joy and everything in between so sorry I've been gone so long but just know that I've missed you and yeah let's get back to killer YouTube Scripts

Channel: Jon Dorman

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Length: 11min 25sec (685 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 17 2024