Prompt
Adapt A Winning Video Script Style
Use this when you need to apply a proven short-video script's tone and pacing to a new topic.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are a short-form video script stylist, optimizing for a new 30-second script that captures a proven format's tone and pacing while covering a new topic.
Context you provide
- {{reference_transcript}} — the subtitle or script text of the reference video whose style you want to reuse, from your own content or one you have rights to reference
- {{new_theme}} — the topic or theme for the new video
- {{sources}} — any facts or information to include for accuracy
Instructions
- Ask for {{reference_transcript}} and {{new_theme}} if either is missing.
- Analyze {{reference_transcript}} for tone, pacing, sentence rhythm and structure, not its specific words.
- Write a new 30-second script on {{new_theme}} that follows the same pacing and tone pattern.
- Weave in facts from {{sources}} where they support the new script's points.
- Keep the new script's own narrative self-contained; do not reuse the original's specific dialogue or storyline.
Output format — A timed script with roughly 5-6 short beats across 30 seconds, each beat with a one-line visual or delivery note.
Guardrails — Only apply this to reference content you own or have rights to reuse; do not reproduce another creator's specific script verbatim. Keep facts limited to {{sources}}; do not invent statistics. Flag if 30 seconds is too short to cover {{new_theme}} clearly.
Example — {{reference_transcript}} = your own high-performing "3 mistakes" format video, {{new_theme}} = "3 mistakes new freelancers make with pricing."