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I'm a professional YouTuber and script
writer with over 30 million views and
throughout my four plus years on YouTube
I found that writing killer scripts is
one of the hardest things to learn and
also one of the most important if you
want to blow up your channel so today
I'm going to share with you my tried and
tested process to write killer YouTube
scripts that go viral every single time
just like all of these videos here that
I've helped write and it all starts with
writing a banger hook for your video
your video's Hook is the first 15 to 30
seconds of your video and this is
honestly the most important part of your
script because if you don't get viewers
well hooked then they're just going to
leave and it doesn't really matter what
you do with the rest of your video so
it's absolutely crucial that you get
this right and to get it right there's
three main parts that every single viral
hook uses that you're going to want to
use number one is payoff which is
basically just saying whatever's going
to happen in your video and this is
super important to include because when
viewers click on your video they're
basically expecting to get a video
that's about whatever your title and
thumbnail showed and if they don't get
that confirmed right away they're just
very likely to click off because
subconsciously they think their time is
going to get wasted and maybe even that
they clicked on the wrong video for
example when you clicked on this video
you expected a video about writing
YouTube scripts that get a ton of views
and in literally the second line of the
video I confirm this to you by saying
today I'm going to share with you my
tried and tested process to write killer
YouTube scripts that go viral every
single time or in this Mr Beast video
about 50 YouTubers fighting for a
million dollars literally the first line
of the video is just him saying that
I've gathered 50 of the biggest
YouTubers on the planet and whichever
one lasts the longest in this cube with
that million doll for their subscribers
and these two examples aren't to say
that your payoff has to be within the
first one to two lines of your hook but
it should be there pretty early
otherwise again viewers are just going
to click off number two is context which
is just any extra information you can
give viewers to make the payoff make
more sense this could be a reason for
doing what you're about to do or some
extra background information or really
anything along those lines for example
in this Iman Gody video about making 10K
a month as a student he starts off with
a reason for making the video saying
that quote ladies and gentlemen
absolutely everyone wants to know how to
make $10,000 a month as a student the
only issue is there's a lot of BS out
there or like I did in this video you're
watching right now where I said that I
found that writing killer scripts is one
of the hardest things to learn and also
one of the most important if you want to
blow up your Channel with this extra
context in the hook now there's more of
a reason for viewers to keep watching
and the payoff makes more sense and
number three is social proof which is
basically just credibility or getting
your viewers to trust you if you're
making entertainment based content you
probably don't need this but if you're
making educational content content like
I am then you definitely need to give
your viewers some reason to trust you or
just something to back up whatever
you're saying one example is when I
started off this video by telling you
that I'm a professional script writer
and YouTuber with over 30 million views
because considering you're still
watching that made you trust me and know
that whatever information I'm about to
give you is actually legit and I
actually know what I'm talking about so
your time's not going to get wasted and
realistically with the amount of Bad
actors out there especially on YouTube
if I hadn't done that you probably would
have clicked off and said wow this guy's
an idiot together you'll want to include
all three of these elements in your
hooks in whatever order you want your
hooks in general shouldn't be very long
probably 30 seconds or less so just play
around with them and figure out what
sounds best and now that you have Banger
hooks for your scripts you're definitely
not going to have viewers leaving after
a few seconds anymore however if you
want your videos to he really viral you
actually need to keep viewers watching
for the entire rest of the video and
doing this requires a really solid
structure for your script see most
YouTubers will have their hook and then
just go ahead and write the rest of
their video from a blank canvas not only
is this bad because it takes a long time
but it's also super messy and
disorganized and you end up with a
script that kind of just goes every
which way which doesn't keep viewers
engaged instead you're going to start by
sectioning out your video into well
different sections or headers or
chapters and these sections should be in
a logical order that helps the story
progress further for example let's say
that I'm making a video called I built a
secret room underwater in 24 hours I
might section it out like this first we
find the location then we plan out the
design then we gather the materials
after that we build the room and after
that we make it fun and finally the room
is finished so as a cool Twist of course
I invite my mom over notice how each
section flows logically into the next
you wouldn't start building the room
before you got the materials and I
definitely wouldn't be inviting my mom
over before the thing gets built this
logical flow throughout our script keeps
viewers watching as we work towards the
final goal of the video which is the
whole reason they clicked in the first
place or if I'm making a video called
how to build a $1 million business as a
teenager I'd probably section it out
like this first you pick a business
model then you set your pricing then you
do Outreach then you maybe get your
first customer then you hire some
employees and finally you scale and get
more customers until you reach $1
million again each section is in a spot
that makes logical sense we're not
jumping around randomly and viewers can
follow the Story from beginning to end
to again get to that final goal that
payoff that we set up in our Hook and
the great thing about starting with an
outline like this is that it's super
easy for us to start writing and not
lose focus when it comes to the actual
words we use in our script so naturally
next you're going to start writing your
script and honestly if you want to write
script that help you go absolutely viral
on YouTube I wouldn't worry too much
about the actual words that you use if
you have a really solid structure and
either really good information or really
good entertainment value in your video
that's going to shine through way more
than the actual specific words and the
way you arrange your sentences it's
really not that deep just write in a way
that sounds like your voice or like you
would talk and then either make it
educational or entertaining if you want
you can even do what I do and start with
bullet points to give yourself even more
structure before you start writing and
now once you've written the actual
content of your script it's pretty
pretty much 90% done at this point but
wait we're not done yet and you probably
don't see it but there's actually a huge
problem with every script that gets to
this stage in the script writing process
that pretty much every single small
YouTuber doesn't fix and as a result
really stops them from growing and
engaging viewers with their scripts like
they should but before I tell you
exactly what it is and how to fix it I
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first month now at this point in the
script writing process you might think
that your script is basically done but
as I mentioned before there's a huge
problem we haven't fixed yet that
plagues 99% of new YouTubers and
basically ensures that they don't go
viral or engage viewers with their
scripts see if we want to keep viewers
watching until the end of our videos we
need to keep them in a flow state with
our scripts so they don't even stop to
think about clicking off and it's
honestly pretty easy to keep this Flow
State going if you just give good
information or good entertainment value
in your videos except when you're
transitioning between sections of your
video yeah when you go from segment to
segment in your video the energy in flow
completely changes and it's very easy
for viewers to snap out of their Flow
State and feel like you know what I've
gotten enough out of this video there's
probably nothing else for me to look
forward to I'm going to go look for
another video and then dip this is
called segmentation loss and it will
absolutely destroy your video's
retention if you don't go ahead and fix
it while you're writing so how do you
fix it well luckily for you it's
actually pretty simple we just have to
use a technique called a rehook a rehook
is just a little chunk of text that goes
in between segments of your video and
usually goes something like and this
section of the video you just got was
good but what's going to come in the
next section builds off of this last
section and is even better now obviously
you're not going to say it like that so
let me give you an example earlier in
this video I had a section about writing
viral Hooks and once it finished I said
something like and now that you have
Banger hooks for your scripts you're
definitely not going to have viewers
leaving after a few seconds anymore
however if you want your videos to go
really viral you actually need to keep
viewers watching for the entire rest of
the video this makes viewers
subconsciously think wow that last part
of the video was so good but now that I
have the information from that chapter I
guess I need the information in the next
part two if I want to get what I came
for when I clicked on this video for
another EX example in this police body
cam video where cops find a murderer's
Hideout segment one of the video has the
cops showing up to a house after getting
a call and before the video transitions
to segment two the narrator goes
initially the cops had no idea what
could have possibly happened to Benny
but as they explored the house more a
clear picture would slowly be painted of
exactly what had happened this again at
re Hook's viewers so they don't feel
like they've gotten everything they need
out of the video and keep watching
because we've informed them that there's
more to comment in the next section that
builds up to the final goal that they
came for now once you've used reh hooks
between each segment of your video to
keep viewers engaged till the very end
there's only one thing left to do to
maximize your chances of going viral and
that's to end your script properly see
most YouTubers do one of two things at
the end of their videos number one is
just wobble on about thanks for watching
guys I make uploads every week about
teeken business videos and thanks for
for John for the idea also I have a
Twitter account and blah blah blah which
you obviously shouldn't do because
number one nobody cares and two because
nobody cares they're just going to leave
which is going to hurt your attention
which is going to hurt your video and
number two is literally nothing and to
just end the video which isn't half bad
because you do keep viewers till the
very end but a better option is to still
keep your outro short but then send
viewers over to another one of your
videos what this will do is get viewers
on what's called a watchtime journey so
let's say someone watches 8 minutes of
your video you send them to another
video and they watch 4 minutes of it
that's now 12 minutes of watch time and
YouTube recognizes that your initial
video started that watchtime journey and
kept viewers on the platform and as a
result the algorithm will push out your
first video more and what's even better
is if you actually do this with every
single video on your channel because
what's going to happen is someone
watches your video you send them to
another they watch that video sends them
to another and another and another and
you get viewers on this watchtime
journey of just binging your entire
Channel every single video gets rewarded
if one video goes viral and it's just
really really good for you and if you're
stuck wondering exactly how to send
viewers to another video in the most
efficient way possible well it's
actually with a rehook let me give you
an example and now that you know how to
write Banger YouTube scripts you're also
going to want a banger edit to go along
with each script if you want to maximize
your chances of going viral so check out
this video next if you want to learn
four genius editing tricks that I use to
get way more views on my videos and my
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