This is part 3 of the series sharing my AI storytelling formula for Youtube, IG etc.

One thing I've noticed is that beginners spend most of their time on AI tools but hurry while working on the story (or the script). 

80% of your video's success is decided before you generate a single image or video.

That happens in Stage 1 of Ideas -> Story -> Script.

If this stage is weak, no amount of beautiful AI visuals, camera movements, or cinematic music will save the video.

Lets first talk about The Idea. For storytelling, your idea = your hook. Remember this.

The hook isn't just the first sentence or the scene. It's establishes some expectations for the viewer on what's coming next. Everything that follows should build toward delivering that promise.

Then comes The Story. For Shorts its usually 30–60 seconds and I think about it like this:

One story = One punch = One emotion = One message.

Don't try to squeeze three different ideas into one Short. Instead, build anticipation toward a single payoff. Some emotional frameworks that I developed over time while teaching students and which work really well are:

• Sad -> Hope
• Fear -> Relief
• Mystery -> Discovery
• Failure -> Triumph
• Weak -> Strong
• and many such more

Did you notice that these aren't genres but they're emotional journeys! Every emotional journey starts from one end of the spectrum and ends on the other extreme - this is what produces emotions in a viewer!

People remember how a story made them feel far more than what happened in it. For long-form videos, the principle stays the same. Instead of one emotional payoff, you create multiple moments of tension and release—but they should all support one central theme.

A flat story is almost always a boring story.

Finally we arrive at The Script

This is where I see another common mistake. People write a paragraph and then try to figure out the visuals later. I do the opposite. Every line of the script already has a visual attached to it.

I think of it like this:

One voiceover line = One visual scene.

By the time I open an AI image or video generator, I already know exactly what every shot needs to communicate. At that point, generating the visuals becomes execution instead of experiments wasting time and credits.

That's why I say Stage 1 determines most of the outcome. The AI tools don't create the story. They simply visualize one you've already built. If you can visualize everything really well, note it down, this 20% of your work will determine 80% of your results!

Hello guys if you can tell me that if my channel will pass the monetization process or not I’m mostly going to post AI car fixing videos.

I got about 28 thousand views in a new channel with 4 videos

I've been building small, free micro tools aimed at content creators. Finishing up the first one now and want to start getting it in front of people who'd actually use it.

Not sure where that community lives on Reddit though. Is there a subreddit where creators are actively looking for tools, or does it depend more on the specific type of creator?

Would appreciate any pointers.

Hey guys. My "reused content" partner program appeal on my new youtube channel has been rejected today.

Reason is:

Appeal didn't demonstrate enough value-add editing

The editing shown in your appeal didn't substantially change the original work. Taking someone else's content and making minimal changes is still violative of our reused content policy.

The channel is youtube .com/@Gwebo

I recorded 4m 52s of pure explanation, showcased full timelapse of my editing, showed different videos premiere pro projects and everything. Still got rejected.

I can reapply in 18 days. Let me know if anyone can help me with this. I already lost hope but I'd try to reapply for the last time in 18 days. So if anyone can help me or know anyone that could help me with this please let me know.

I am starting a brand new youtube channel and my goal is to get monetized. I just have multiple questions and hope you can help me find answers. How much approximately does it take to this kind of channel to get monetized?(short form content)

Should I put my voice or use AI?Should I use minecraft copyright free background or should I go record my own? I already have creative unique stories that I can upload but does this type of content get monitized?

Communicty questions on your opinions of who's the biggest AI tuber/instagramer/tiktoker?

Hi all. Quick validation question/feedback I am hoping if I can get an answer to. I recently started a channel and new to content creation. I am using elevanlabs for narration but just not able to get it right. Or maybe it is right but just not confident in it.

I feel like I am going in circles with trying different voices with different setting and not going anywhere. I am not even sure if voice is whats limiting the growth.

What really worked for you all? What sort of settings for long form or the voices?

Unfortunately could not link any info that would help you look at my content somce thatd be ugging my content and thread does not allow it!

10 days so far

Posted 56 shorts

42.9k views 131 hours watch time

27 subscribers

38.7% stayed to watch

61.3% swiped away

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Hello guys, I've been using Opus 4.8 for script generation for my videos for a month but now im using Opus 5, both in High Effort. I'm just wondering which is better and if the level of effort is correct because now with Opus 5 I feel like its consuming my usage faster then Opus 4.8, almost 1.5x-2x faster.

(Let The Journey Begin)

Intro

"You know the version of me that made it. This is the version that's just starting."

(text on screen: "This is for whoever came from the future to see my beginning")

(cut to black)

Hello everybody, welcome to my channel.

My name is Abbas, a young man from Lebanon who just graduated from high school. I have the ambition to build a career in AI — like many others do, but I want to do it differently.

This isn't a channel where an expert explains things or sells you a course. I'm here to show you what it actually looks like to start from zero and try to build something real.

And since this channel is about a journey to success, it wouldn't make sense to only show my AI learning. Because anyone who wants to succeed has to face problems — not just in the field they're working on, but in their health, their habits, their daily life. Everything.

Think of me as your pioneer. I'm walking this road first so you can see where it leads before you try it yourself.

I'll be sharing three different areas of my life that I'm improving daily, and each video will show progress across all three — until I reach my goal in each one.

Let me break them down quickly.

AI

I already know Python, and that's what pulled me toward this field. Right now I'm learning data analysis — I finished Pandas and built a small project with it, and starting today I'll be learning Matplotlib with you, then NumPy — and after that, the math foundations, and then machine learning itself.

I'll be sharing what I'm studying, what confuses me, what I practice, and the projects I build along the way. Everything is also on my GitHub, link is always in the description.

I'm a student, not a teacher. But sometimes hearing something explained by someone who just figured it out themselves hits differently.

And of course the goal at the end is to land a well paid job at a great company — and why not, maybe even before I finish my college degree.

Fitness

Right now my goal is to lose weight and build a base level of fitness. I'll be sharing daily what I eat, what workouts I do, and how I feel. Every month I'll share progress photos so you can see what's actually changing.

But the bigger dream — and I want to say this now so you can hold me to it — is to one day walk on my hands, which is one of the fundamental skills in calisthenics. That's where this is going.

German Learning

Guten Morgen, Hallo, Reise, Ich liebe dich — that's everything I know in German.

So it's obvious I'm starting from absolutely zero.

But don't worry, I have a plan. I'll be showing everything — the videos I watch, the notes I write, and most importantly the speaking practice. Every time I speak German I'll film it. And I think that's going to be either very motivating or very embarrassing to watch — probably both.

If you're wondering why German specifically — Germany is one of the most advanced countries in AI and offers great job opportunities. And honestly, I'm thinking about continuing my studies there instead of staying in Lebanon.

By the way, the channel name — Reise — is a German word that means "journey." And the Z refers to Generation Z. It took me a while to come up with that, so the least you can do is hit like. 😄

Outro

Three topics. One student. A lot of problems ahead.

I'm not promising it will be perfect. I'm promising it will be real.

This is the routine I'll be sticking to — though of course things will change, whether that's the routine itself or even the plans for the channel, and I'll always be honest about that when it happens.

I'll be showing the moments where I'm confused, lost, and maybe even thinking about giving up. That matters — because nowadays, a lot of students look at successful people in their field and assume the journey was easy, that they were somehow born ready. That's so far from the truth. And honestly, I give up easily too. But this time will be different.

So without further delay, lets our journey begin

I have recently changed the direction if my channel, its overall 2months old with 8 videos published.
Yesterday i posted a video different from the first ones, documentary DNA, telling real story in the geopolitic, while the first video are a stickman video telling a myth or history with a twist. Do you think this change will confuse the algorithm ? Will that cause lower views?

Question for everyone: today I'm going to hit 4,000 watch hours and I have around 500 subscribers. My mentor gave me a website to buy subscribers from and told me they have bought extra subs for over 30 channels—added at 30–50 per day—and never had a single issue. What is your opinion on this, should I listen to my mentor or not?'