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Wale Thompson A.

YouTube Scriptwriter | Retention-Driven Scripts for Viral Channels

Your YouTube channel lives or dies by its script. I make sure it lives. I'm a YouTube scriptwriter with 10 years of experience. I have written for channels across niches ranging from true crime, conspiracy, finance, tech, health, and lifestyle. My scripts don't just read well. They perform. Here's what separates my scripts from everything else in your feed: Hooks that stop the scroll. The first 30 seconds determine your video's fate. I craft openings that create pattern interrupts, spark curiosity gaps, and make clicking away feel like a mistake. Retention architecture built into every script. I structure content using open loops, strategic re-engagement moments, and pacing techniques that fight drop-off — because YouTube's algorithm rewards watch time, and watch time rewards you. CTR-conscious storytelling. Great scripts start before the video does. I write with your title and thumbnail in mind, ensuring your content delivers on the promise that got the click. Voice-matched writing. Whether your channel is authoritative, conversational, comedic, or cinematic — I write in your voice, not mine. Your audience should never feel the writer behind the words. SEO and algorithm alignment. I understand how YouTube surfaces content. Keywords, topic framing, chapter-friendly structures, and end-screen setups are baked into my process — not added as an afterthought. Across 10 years and hundreds of scripts, I've helped creators hit milestones, revive stagnant channels, and build audiences that keep coming back. I've written for solo creators scaling to their first 100K and for established channels pushing past 1M. Here’s what some of my past clients had to say at the end of our collaboration: "𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 — 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉. 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕. 𝑰 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔! 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌!" "𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆." If you're looking for a scriptwriter who understands YouTube from the inside out — the psychology, the algorithm, the craft — you've found one. Reach out to me. Let's build something your audience can't stop watching.

🇳🇬Abuja, Nigeria$50/hr100% JSS4.56 (61)Since Sep 2019

Earnings and projects

MRR
$0

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#21,703 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#93 / 13.8k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0
Total earnings
$159k

Billed in all: $159k

World#21,703 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#93 / 13.8k
Per project
$1.2k

$0 in the last 6 months

Projects, last 6 months
3
100% fixed0% hourly
World#66,479 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#4,051 / 13.8k
Projects in all
132

Across 143 contracts

97% fixed3% hourly
World#18,960 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#239 / 13.8k

Earnings, last 30 days

$159kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$156k$158k$160k$162kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

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