How to write a video script that holds attention and delivers a message.

Maybe you’re accustomed to the language and style of websites, brochures and ads. So am I.

But now videos are huge and that calls for a specialist. Why a scriptwriter and not just a writer? Scriptwriters understand how to write for the audio/video format. They are skilled at creating a marriage of words and images that is at once imaginative, informative and entertaining.

Marketing scripts follow a structure that goes something like this.

  • A bold statement to grab attention and inspire interest in what follows.

  • It is likely a problem to be solved. Why it is a problem. How it impacts people.

  • A bridge that introduces a solution. Names the solution.

  • Explains how it works. And delivers advantages and benefits.

  • Outcome: The results one may expect from the solution.

  • A closing thought that harks back to the beginning of the script

On a personal note, I have written approximately 40 approved technology scripts since 2012. If you have a story to tell, now you have found a writer.