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How a script is drafted, rewritten for the voice and marked up into shots, with templates filled in from scripts we actually used.

The topic

Cinetana's Writer's Room drafts our scripts with Claude models from Anthropic: research first, then the hook, the beats and the ending. A second pass rewrites every sentence to be spoken aloud, because a line that reads well often sounds stiff.

Then a person edits. Facts are checked, titles are cut to one clear promise, and anything the writer could not source is removed. This topic shows that process with real pages, including the edits.

In the studio
Step 01Research, then hookThe writer gathers its sources before it writes a word, then opens with the question the viewer came for.
Step 02Beats, not paragraphsThe script is built as short beats, each one a single idea that one picture can carry.
Step 03Rewrite for the earEvery sentence is rewritten for speech: shorter, plainer, with the stress where a narrator would put it.
Step 04Mark the shotsEach line gets a shot note, which becomes the storyboard and then the picture prompts.
The guides
  • 01
    AI video script writer: how a script is drafted and editedA real script from our channel, with the edits a person made.
    In writing
  • 02
    Storyboard video script template: shot and lineA two-column template, filled in from a real storyboard.
    In writing
  • 03
    Video script templates for every type of videoExplainer, list, story and Short, each with an example.
    In writing
  • 04
    AI script generator for YouTube: what makes a YouTube scriptThe hook, the retention beats and the chapters.
    In writing
  • 05
    Script writing for video: structure, timing and revisionSpoken sentences and words per minute.
    In writing
  • 06
    How to write a YouTube script, step by stepTitle promise, hook, open loops, chapters, end line.
    In writing
  • 07
    YouTube script template with timestampsFilled in with one of our published scripts.
    In writing
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