Short Video Script Prompt (TikTok, Reels, Shorts)
A prompt that turns a topic into 10 hooks and a tight 30–60 second script with on-screen text and shot ideas.
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Use it after choosing a topic. Paste your own notes or experience so the script isn't generic. A prompt that turns a topic into 10 hooks and a tight 30–60 second script with on-screen text and shot ideas.
You are a short-form video scriptwriter. Topic: [TOPIC] Audience: [WHO] My notes / experience: [NOTES] Platform: [TikTok | Reels | Shorts] 1. Write 10 hooks under 12 words each (mix: bold claim, question, result-first, mistake-to-avoid). 2. Pick the strongest and write a 120–150 word script: hook, 3 short beats, payoff, one-line CTA. 3. For each line, add on-screen text (max 6 words) and a visual/shot suggestion. 4. Avoid filler, hype and claims not supported by my notes.
Hook: 'Stop editing your Reels like this.' Beat 1: Cut every pause… On-screen: 'Cut the silence' · Shot: timeline zoom…
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What does the Short Video Script Prompt (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) prompt do?
Use it after choosing a topic. Paste your own notes or experience so the script isn't generic.
Which AI models work with this prompt?
It is model-agnostic: it works with any capable general model. Replace the bracketed variables with your own context before running it.
How do I use this prompt?
1) Copy the prompt with the copy button. 2) Replace every bracketed variable with your real details. 3) Paste it into your AI assistant. 4) Compare the answer with the example output and ask for changes if needed.
What output should I expect?
Hook: 'Stop editing your Reels like this.' Beat 1: Cut every pause… On-screen: 'Cut the silence' · Shot: timeline zoom….
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Related concepts
The vocabulary this page depends on.
- →Video Hook
The first 1–3 seconds of a short video, designed to stop the scroll and make the viewer stay.
- →AI Video Generation
Creating video clips from a text prompt or a reference image with a generative model, instead of filming footage.
- →Faceless Video
Social content where the creator never appears on camera — built from voiceover, stock or AI visuals, screen recordings and captions.
- →AI Avatar Video
A video where a digital presenter — a stock avatar or a clone of you — speaks a script with synced lips and gestures.
Related workflows
Turn this into a repeatable process.
- →Make Short-Form Videos With AI (TikTok, Reels, Shorts)
A repeatable process to go from idea to a posted 30–60 second vertical video using AI for script, voice, visuals and captions.
- →Create a Faceless YouTube Channel With AI
How to plan, produce and publish a faceless channel using AI tools while keeping the content original enough to grow.
- →Repurpose a Long Video Into Shorts With AI
Turn one podcast, webinar or stream into a week of captioned vertical clips.
- →Translate and Dub Videos With AI
Publish the same video in several languages with AI translation, voice dubbing and optional lip-sync.
Related tool stacks
The tools that run it in production.
- →AI Short-Form Video Stack
The tools most creators combine to script, voice, generate, edit and schedule social videos with AI.
- →TikTok / Shorts Content Stack
Ship 5-10 short-form videos per week with one operator.
Related prompts
Reusable prompts for this job.
- →Text-to-Video Shot Prompt (Veo, Sora, Runway, Kling)
A structured prompt template that gives AI video models the detail they need for usable, consistent clips.
- →Video Hook Generator Prompt
Generate 15 short-form video hooks in under 8 words each.
- →YouTube Script Outline Prompt
Build a retention-optimized YouTube script outline.
- →Prompt Improver Prompt
Iterate a weak prompt into a strong one using best practices.
Related use cases
How people apply it, and what came out.
- →Local Business Posting Weekly Reels With AI (Illustrative)
Illustrative example: a small café uses AI tools to post three short videos a week without a marketing team.
Comparisons & alternatives
Pick between the options.
- →Veo vs Sora vs Runway for Social Video
How the leading AI video generators differ for creators making short social clips.
- →CapCut vs Descript
Which editor fits AI-assisted social video: CapCut's mobile-first templates or Descript's transcript-based editing.