Retention-First YouTube Video Outline

OUTLINE — "Why Your Morning Routine Is Failing You"
Structure with retention in mind, so you're building flow before you
ever write a line of script.

  HOOK (0:00–0:10)
  Contradict the premise the viewer clicked with. They came believing
  the fix is a better routine. Open with: "Your morning routine isn't
  failing because it's wrong. It's failing for a reason nobody talks
  about." → opens a loop they have to stay for.

  RE-HOOK / STAKES (0:10–0:40)
  Why this matters to THEM specifically, and plant the payoff:
  "By the end I'll show you the one change that made mine stick after
  five years of failing." Now they have a reason to reach the end.

  SECTION 1 — THE FALSE DIAGNOSIS (0:40–2:00)
  What everyone blames (discipline, waking earlier) and why it's wrong.
  Agreeing with their current belief first, then breaking it, keeps
  them — leading with "you're wrong" loses them.

  SECTION 2 — THE REAL CAUSE (2:00–4:00)
  The actual mechanism. This is the meat and the mid-video retention
  risk — put your strongest single example here, where viewers drift.

  RE-HOOK (4:00) — "But here's what makes this fixable"
  A second open loop before the payoff, right at the drop-off point.

  SECTION 3 — THE FIX (4:00–5:30)
  The specific change. Pays off the promise from the stakes section.

  PAYOFF + CTA (5:30–end)
  Close the loop from the hook. One CTA — the question the video earns,
  not "like and subscribe."

WHY OUTLINE BEFORE SCRIPTING
The re-hooks at 0:10 and 4:00 are placed at the two spots viewers leave.
You can only position those deliberately at the outline stage — write
the script first and you'll discover the drop-offs in analytics instead
of designing around them.

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