3 Reasons Why Writing Your Video Script Is Taking Too Long
“Writing” is really a multi-step process to create a 10+ minute video that has days of work behind it.
This is particularly true of any channel that concerns itself with accuracy so saving time isn’t about “cutting corners” but about making your process more efficient so you don’t sacrifice quality or credibility.
Ergo, if you feel like writing a video script is taking too long, it’s probably because something is up with your process.
Spending too Much Time Researching Your Scripts? It Might be a Structural Problem.
You have a great video idea in mind, you sit down ready to get into it, start researching, and suddenly it’s a month later and you haven’t started on the script yet. If that sounds familiar, you are not the only one.
Of all the analysis channels I’ve worked with, around 2 in 5 say that research is a massive time sink in their video production pipeline. Scale that up to the 60 million YouTube creators out there and that 2 becomes around 17 million people with the same problem.
How I researched a YouTube video script with 270k+ Views.
About three months ago I had the opportunity to work with Projectionist, a film analysis channel run by the wonderful Cody Wagner. Like a lot of analysis channels, Cody found he was falling into research spirals that were deeply interesting but took up a lot of time.
If you have a similar problem, know that it is completely normal. Doing research takes a lot of time and it’s hard to figure out what you actually need to write the video.
So here’s the steps I took to help Cody research his video (it ended up getting 270k views and counting!)
How to Research a YouTube Script
A lot of the creators I’ve worked with recently have one thing in common. They love doing research, but it just takes too much time.
They have a lot of passion for the topic they are researching and end up falling into spirals trying to learn all there is to learn about their video idea. This is great in theory, but in practice it drains your time, lengthens your script development process, and burns you out.