How to Write Scripts for YouTube Videos — Transcript

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1. 0:00I'm a 17 year old professional YouTuber
2. 0:02and freelance scriptwriter with years of
3. 0:04experience writing viral video scripts
4. 0:06for myself and other YouTubers here are
5. 0:08my secrets to writing high quality
6. 0:10retention boosting video scripts as fast
7. 0:12as possible without spending any money
8. 0:14first you'll need to figure out where
9. 0:15you're actually going to write your
10. 0:16script I personally use Google Docs
11. 0:18because it's free and allows multiple
12. 0:20people to collaborate on a script at the
13. 0:22same time but do whatever you want I
14. 0:23guess then when you're ready to start
15. 0:25create a new document and start writing
16. 0:27your intro the intro is by far the most
17. 0:29important part of your script because
18. 0:31for YouTube to count somebody watching
19. 0:33your video as a view they must watch at
20. 0:35least the first 30 seconds of the video
21. 0:36this means that it's essential to cut
22. 0:38out all of the fluff in your intros and
23. 0:40just get straight to the point so that
24. 0:42your viewers don't get bored and click
25. 0:43off this is especially important if your
26. 0:46video is tailored to a younger audience
27. 0:47because they tend to have lower
28. 0:48attention spans than older people many
29. 0:50videos especially educational videos
30. 0:52like I make start off with something
31. 0:54like hey guys welcome back to killer
32. 0:56videos where we teach you about making
33. 0:59money on YouTube tube the killer way in
34. 1:02this video we're going to show you how
35. 1:04to make killer editing and guess what
36. 1:06nobody cares my intros are usually about
37. 1:09one to two sentences long simple and
38. 1:11straight to the point and as a result
39. 1:13the retention in my intros is really
40. 1:15good literally just take a quick second
41. 1:17to say what the video is about and then
42. 1:18include something to hook the viewer and
43. 1:20or give you credibility then just get
44. 1:22straight into the video and please
45. 1:24please please don't tell people to like
46. 1:26And subscribe or go buy your course save
47. 1:28that for the end because if a viewer's
48. 1:29never seen your content before then they
49. 1:31have no reason to trust that you're
50. 1:32credible or actually know what you're
51. 1:34talking about so why would they
52. 1:35subscribe or buy your course or whatever
53. 1:37you're asking them however if you've
54. 1:39gotten your viewer to watch most or all
55. 1:41of the video then they've likely learned
56. 1:43something and as a result trust you and
57. 1:45then will subscribe or like your video
58. 1:46or buy your course or whatever the type
59. 1:49of content that I make credibility is
60. 1:51another huge contributor to having a
61. 1:53good intro for example if the title of
62. 1:54my video is called how to edit viral
63. 1:56videos I need some credibility to
64. 1:58convince the viewer that I actually know
65. 2:00I'm talking about and can teach them how
66. 2:02to edit viral video so for example in
67. 2:04this intro I'm a 17 year old YouTuber
68. 2:06and professional video editor with
69. 2:08millions of views and years of
70. 2:10experience to my name I said first off
71. 2:12that I was a 17 year old professional
72. 2:13video editor that knows how to make
73. 2:15viral videos based on The View counts of
74. 2:17my previous videos this gave me
75. 2:18credibility because it shows my viewers
76. 2:20that I'm for one a professional and two
77. 2:22know what I'm doing and have the results
78. 2:24to back up what I'm saying this also
79. 2:26provides the video with a bit of a hook
80. 2:27if viewers are impressed that I'm so
81. 2:29young and want to figure out how I've
82. 2:31gotten to this point also in general
83. 2:32just make sure you keep swear words out
84. 2:34of the first 30 seconds of your video to
85. 2:36avoid possible demonetization you really
86. 2:38need them there just censor them in the
87. 2:39edit but honestly just try not to
88. 2:41include them if possible next once
89. 2:43you're done with your intro you're gonna
90. 2:44outline the rest of your video I find
91. 2:46this way easier and less overwhelming
92. 2:48than just writing everything
93. 2:49sequentially because it allows me to
94. 2:51break up my work and see how much stuff
95. 2:53I have left to write at any given moment
96. 2:55which is a great strategy honestly for
97. 2:57just anything that's as boring as
98. 2:58writing video scripts for educational
99. 3:00content literally just split up your
100. 3:01video into headers like you would in for
101. 3:03example an article or an essay and just
102. 3:05go from there here's an example from my
103. 3:07last video about recording high quality
104. 3:09voiceovers for YouTube for other types
105. 3:11of content like entertainment videos
106. 3:13based on a story think of a simple story
107. 3:15arc with an exposition rising action
108. 3:17Climax and resolution and just outline
109. 3:19your video from that that all sounded
110. 3:21like nonsense to you and you're not
111. 3:22familiar with basic story structure
112. 3:23literally just Google what is the story
113. 3:25arc and you'll be in light it's a really
114. 3:27useful thing to know if you get stuck
115. 3:29it's also really easy just to ask chat
116. 3:31GPT what should I talk about in a video
117. 3:33about whatever if you're making an
118. 3:34educational video I do this all the time
119. 3:36when I need more content or just don't
120. 3:37know how to split up my script and it
121. 3:39works pretty well however on the topic
122. 3:41of chat GPT I would not recommend using
123. 3:43it to write your script from scratch
124. 3:44even if you change a lot of it after the
125. 3:46fact but more on that later then once
126. 3:48your outline's finished you'll be ready
127. 3:49to add content to your script there's
128. 3:51unfortunately no set formula to running
129. 3:53the actual content of your script you
130. 3:55sort of just have to you know write
131. 3:57really try not to overthink this because
132. 3:59having like anything on the paper is so
133. 4:01much better than having nothing so just
134. 4:03get to writing and remember that you can
135. 4:04always revise and edit later if you need
136. 4:06to so you don't really have an excuse
137. 4:08not to start right now like I said
138. 4:10before chat GPT is a really useful tool
139. 4:12for writing scripts but through my
140. 4:14experience creating a ton of viral
141. 4:15videos across a few different channels
142. 4:17it's really not that great at
143. 4:18scriptwriting I had chat GPT generate a
144. 4:20script for my video about affiliate
145. 4:22market and even after changing a
146. 4:24considerable amount of it later it has
147. 4:26by far the worst retention of any video
148. 4:28on my channel and the editing is is good
149. 4:30it's also my worst performing video by
150. 4:32far although part of this is the fact
151. 4:34that the topic probably just isn't as
152. 4:36appealing to my audience but in general
153. 4:38through my experience I found that just
154. 4:40the script was not that good and I was
155. 4:42way better off just creating it myself
156. 4:43however this doesn't mean that I don't
157. 4:45use AI to help me write out the content
158. 4:47of my scripts vid IQ a company I'm now
159. 4:50partnering with long term has just come
160. 4:51out with this super cool AI tailor to
161. 4:53your channel trained on a bunch of
162. 4:55YouTube data with the help of gpt4
163. 4:57making it so much more advanced and
164. 4:59useful than chat GPT for Content
165. 5:01creation I personally use the AI for all
166. 5:03sorts of things but in this case it's
167. 5:05really useful if I want for example help
168. 5:07writing part of an intro just another
169. 5:09part of the video or literally anything
170. 5:10related to my scripts to be honest in
171. 5:12fact I wrote the intro for this video
172. 5:14with vid iq's Ai and it's so good the
173. 5:16best part is it's only a dollar to sign
174. 5:18up for their boost plan that includes
175. 5:19the AI with my link in the description
176. 5:21I've used vid IQ every single day since
177. 5:23I started this Channel and that was even
178. 5:25before I partnered with regardless of if
179. 5:27you're writing a script with AI or just
180. 5:29by yourself there are a few things
181. 5:30you'll want to keep in mind actually
182. 5:32scratch that there are a few things that
183. 5:34you can't ignore throughout this whole
184. 5:35process this is where I can't really
185. 5:36help you and you have to know your
186. 5:38target audience better than I do and
187. 5:39contrast if your videos are like mine
188. 5:41and meant to appeal to a younger adult
189. 5:43demographic then you'll want to keep it
190. 5:45pretty informal and conversational and
191. 5:47should use relatively simple vocabulary
192. 5:49General I tend to think a conversational
193. 5:50tone is best for most types of content
194. 5:53as small human errors in your speech and
195. 5:55grammar creates a level of personability
196. 5:57and authenticity with your audience
197. 5:59another thing to consider is the
198. 6:00transition language that you use
199. 6:02throughout your writing you'll have to
200. 6:03utilize transition language between your
201. 6:04outlines headers to script flowing
202. 6:06smoothly or it's just not going to sound
203. 6:08natural length is another important
204. 6:10contributor to a good video script that
205. 6:12you really can't take this is because
206. 6:13YouTube allows creators to place
207. 6:15mid-roll ads on videos longer than 8
208. 6:17minutes which has a significant impact
209. 6:19on increasing your RPM which is the
210. 6:20amount of money that you earn per
211. 6:22thousand views on your videos with a 12
212. 6:24point font and double spacing one page
213. 6:26of a script usually ends up to last
214. 6:28about one minute in the voiceover if you
215. 6:30give or take a little bit once you've
216. 6:31written out your entire script you may
217. 6:32notice that it's not long enough which
218. 6:34obviously means that you'll have to add
219. 6:35more to it however this doesn't mean you
220. 6:37should pull the goofy kids do in
221. 6:39school and they have to hit a word limit
222. 6:40I'm talking about that what's up YouTube
223. 6:42today we'll be reviewing the brand new
224. 6:45iPhone 16 and I really really really
225. 6:47really really really really really
226. 6:48really really really really really
227. 6:49really really really really like this
228. 6:52iPhone instead of just adding more words
229. 6:54to your script add more value instead if
230. 6:56it's educational content simply teach
231. 6:58the viewer more things than you would in
232. 7:00a shorter any video with telling them
233. 7:01some like common mistakes or things that
234. 7:03they shouldn't possibilities are endless
235. 7:05and really up to your creation after
236. 7:07you're finished with the main body of
237. 7:08your script it's time to script your
238. 7:10outro thanks guys for tuning in to this
239. 7:12killer video in the next killer video I
240. 7:16might continue working on this killer
241. 7:18project but if I don't keep working on
242. 7:21this killer project then next week there
243. 7:25might not be a killer video but I might
244. 7:29actually publish a killer video because
245. 7:31I'm going on vacation which leads to a
246. 7:34retention graph that dips off a lot at
247. 7:36the end which in turn is harmful to your
248. 7:38videos keep your outro one to two
249. 7:40seconds long or just don't include one
250. 7:42at all so the very end of your video is
251. 7:44the time where you should make a call to
252. 7:46action for example asking your viewers
253. 7:48to subscribe personally though I like to
254. 7:50take a different approach instead of
255. 7:51asking my viewers to like And subscribe
256. 7:53I'll say something like congratulations
257. 7:55on finishing your first video script now
258. 7:57all you need is a high quality voiceover
259. 7:59to go along with and if you're
260. 8:00interested in learning how to do that
261. 8:02from a professional YouTuber and voice
262. 8:03over artist then click this video see
263. 8:06what I did there that's actually also
264. 8:07the outro of this video