YouTube long form script outliner for 8-12 minute videos

What it does

Most creators know their topic cold but wing the structure — and YouTube's analytics punish it. Audience retention graphs that cliff-dive at the 3-minute mark aren't a content problem, they're a pacing problem. This YouTube long form script outliner solves it. Give it a topic and a one-sentence description of your audience ("intermediate Python devs who hate filler" beats "developers"). It returns a complete filming blueprint: a first-15-second hook in one of four archetypes (counterintuitive claim, open loop, urgent problem, stakes hook), five beats with timestamp ranges distributed across 8-12 minutes, one pattern interrupt per beat targeting the 30% and 60% drop zones, specific shootable B-roll prompts you can hand to an editor, and a three-part CTA strategy — mid-roll soft ask, end-screen primary, optional pinned comment prompt. The whole thing takes under two minutes and outputs a dark-mode HTML artifact you can film against. It runs on `retention-patterns.md` — a bundled reference encoding loop mechanics (opening/closing rules, why never to leave a loop open past the 90% mark), pattern interrupt timing, the four hook archetypes by content type, and B-roll writing conventions (shootable, specific, relevant). That's the framework creator coaches package as $200 templates. You're not getting a fill-in-the-blank prompt — you're getting structured output informed by what actually keeps people watching.

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