30 Day Challenge Script Template

[HOOK - 0:00 to 0:20 | about 61 words]
Open on the single most dramatic day of the month, not day one.
"[THE RULE I SET], and by day [NUMBER] I was ready to quit."
Put the final measurement on screen in the first seconds.

[THE RULES AND WHY - 0:20 to 1:30 | about 276 words]
"I am doing [SPECIFIC VERSION OF THE CHALLENGE] for 30 days."
"The rules are: [RULE ONE], [RULE TWO], [RULE THREE]. Nothing vague, everything checkable."
"Here is the starting measurement: [BASELINE], taken on [DATE]."

[WEEK ONE AND TWO - 1:30 to 4:30 | about 552 words]
Compress the early period into the two or three moments that show the pattern.
"Days one to three: [WHAT IT FELT LIKE]."
"By day six, [FIRST REAL CHANGE OR PROBLEM]."
Show a real log: a note, a screenshot, a scale reading, a photo from the date.

[THE LOW POINT - 4:30 to 7:00 | about 460 words]
"Day [NUMBER] is where this almost ended, and here is exactly what happened."
Do not dramatize a minor inconvenience. Use the moment you genuinely considered stopping.
"Here is what I changed to keep going: [THE ADJUSTMENT]."

[WEEK THREE AND FOUR - 7:00 to 9:30 | about 460 words]
Show the adjustment working or failing, in the same logged format as the start.
"After the change, [MEASURED OR OBSERVED EFFECT]."

[THE MEASUREMENT - 9:30 to 11:00 | about 276 words]
Compare the start and end on the same measure, taken the same way.
"Day one: [NUMBER]. Day thirty: [NUMBER]."
Say plainly what the difference could be explained by: "This could be [ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION], not the challenge."

[WHAT I KEPT AND WHAT I DROPPED - 11:00 to 11:45 | about 138 words]
"Staying: [SPECIFIC HABIT], because [REASON]. Dropping: [SPECIFIC THING], because [REASON]."
"Would I do it again? [HONEST ANSWER]."