If you've ever watched a random YouTube Documentary video and thought, "I could structure that tension better," keep reading. If you've reverse-engineered why viewers can't click away from a 40-minute video about a random internet mystery, we want to talk. The Role You'll craft 30–40 minute video scripts (4,000–5,500 words each) built from 5–7 strategically ordered segments. Every script needs to feel inevitable massive hooks, surgical pacing, reveals that land like gut punches, and escalation that never lets up. Zero fluff. No filler. Every sentence earns its place or gets cut. What You'll Do - Write 2 full scripts per week (4,000–5,500 words each) - Transform strategist-provided segments and footage into gripping, retention-optimized narratives - Apply our internal frameworks: hook architecture, escalation systems, strategic re-hooks, and tension maintenance - Contribute insights on segment ordering and research adjustments to maximize flow What We're Looking For - Proven experience writing long-form YouTube scripts (documentary, true crime, mystery, or similar niches) - Deep understanding of retention mechanics. You know why viewers stay and why they leave - Ability to write in a voice that's authoritative but not distant, engaging but not sensational - Obsessive attention to pacing, you feel when a script drags before anyone tells you - Fast turnaround without sacrificing quality Most scriptwriters write to fill time. We write to steal it. If you think a "good hook" is a rhetorical question and some B-roll, we're not a fit. If you understand that every 30-second segment needs to create its own micro-obsession and you can engineer that deliberately, you might be exactly who we need.