A brief is the set of instructions you hand the model before it writes a word. When the brief is thin, the model fills the gaps with the most average version of your topic, and average is the last thing a script should be.
Spending two minutes on a brief saves twenty minutes of rewriting. The model cannot read your mind, so anything you care about has to be written down.
Name one person the script is for. Not a demographic blob, but a specific viewer with a specific problem. A brief aimed at a new channel owner who keeps quitting at ten subscribers will always beat a brief aimed at people interested in YouTube.
Once the viewer is real, tone decisions get easier. You can tell the model to talk like a friend rather than a lecturer, because now you know who is listening.
State what the video should make the viewer do, think, or feel by the end. A single sentence is enough. Then give the rough shape, such as a hook, a problem, three fixes, and a close.
Include a short list of things to avoid. Ban the words you hate, the cliches in your niche, and any promise you cannot keep. Models respect a short, specific ban list far better than a vague request to be original.
Paste one paragraph you wrote yourself and tell the model to match its rhythm.
AI writing is strongest on pattern work like drafts and hook lists, so learn where the tool earns its keep and where your own voice has to take over.
When you bring the outline, AI writing can expand it into a full draft, so your structure stays yours while the model handles the slow business of prose.
Your voice survives AI writing when you treat the model as a first pass, then rewrite the lines that sound nothing like the way you actually talk.
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