Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
Doin' The Thing is a show for creators who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks the journey of scaling his first company, interviews top 1% creators, and tells stories from 3500+ coaching sessions...to help you make better stuff, grow an audience, and make more money.
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
The Ultimate Guide to Viral YouTube Scripts - Bryan Ng
Dillan interviews Bryan Ng (@boomerrbryan).
Bryan runs Viral Bangers—a YouTube scriptwriting agency. They work with educational YouTube channels with over 100,000 subscribers. Bryan's videos and courses help creators of all levels write scripts that actually get views, tell captivating stories, and keep the viewer's attention from beginning to end.
They discuss: how Bryan got into the scriptwriting business, how he got good at writing scripts, the worst scripting mistakes creators make, whether new creators should use bullets or word-for-word scripts, how to improve your speaking and camera skills, Bryan's complete scripting checklist, the difference between scripting educational vs entertainment videos, the #1 storytelling lesson from South Park, and much more.
Bryan Ng's links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boomerrbryan
Twitter / X: https://x.com/boomerrbryan
Agency website: https://www.viralbangers.com/
Scriptwriting course: https://www.freelancescriptwriter.com/
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0:00 Intro
0:41 Bryan's $50 client
3:46 How Bryan got good
8:23 Mistake 1: Title & thumbnail
10:12 Mistake 2: Research
16:55 Mistake 3: The hook
23:41 Bullets vs Word-for-word script
27:39 Speaking skills
35:36 Act 1: The perfect hook
40:09 Act 2: The body
46:53 Act 3: A killer outro
52:07 Education vs entertainment
54:54 South Park storytelling
58:47 Bye bye bye
