AI Script Drafts Require 60 Percent Human Cuts
Creators report keeping only 40 percent of AI script lines after voice matching and editing passes to remove generic phrasing and lost quirks.
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Notes from the edit bay
Retention benchmarks, hook formulas, and script fixes. The same patterns HookProof checks for, written out so you can apply them by hand.
How to use AI for video scripts without sounding like AI
The tells viewers notice in AI-written scripts, how to voice-match a model with your past transcripts, and a de-slop checklist to run before recording.
Four hook formulas that survive the first three seconds
Cold opens, specific numbers, contrarian claims, and open loops, with before and after rewrites, plus the math on what 'Hey guys, welcome back' costs.
What good YouTube retention looks like in 2026
Typical retention curves by video length, what 50% at 30 seconds actually means, and how to read your own graph before you panic about it.