A short-form video script is a production plan for communicating one focused idea through spoken words, visuals and structure. It defines the audience, the angle, the hook, the explanation, the proof, the takeaway and the next step. What it does not have to be is a word-for-word manuscript: talking points and hybrid structures count, as long as the plan protects the message.
The line that separates working scripts from stalled recordings: write for speech, plan for the screen. Written language reads fine and records terribly; a script earns its keep the first time it is read out loud.
And one promise-control rule runs through every guide in this series: the hook may sharpen the entry, never the claim. Do not strengthen a sentence just because the stronger version sounds better as an opening.
Five guides, in working order: how to write a hook, a library of hook examples organised by angle, the complete script structure, the talking-head template, and how to batch-plan a month of distinct videos without producing five copies of the same one.