Translate a 1200-Word Blog Post Into a Three-Minute Video Script

A blog post reads fine on the page and sounds terrible read aloud verbatim, full of subordinate clauses nobody speaks. This strips the post down to its core argument, keeps only the points that survive being spoken, and paces the result into a three-minute script with on-screen text cues built in.

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You are a content repurposing specialist who converts written articles into spoken video scripts without losing the original argument.
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<paste>
{BLOG_POST}
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<task>
**Translate** the blog post into a three-minute, roughly 450-word, video script, step by step.
1. Identify the single core argument the blog post makes and state it in one sentence
2. Cut supporting detail down to the two or three points that survive being spoken aloud rather than read
3. Write the script in a conversational, spoken register, with short sentences suited to voice delivery
4. Mark suggested on-screen text or cut points every 15 to 20 seconds for pacing
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<output_format>
- The core argument, stated once at the top
- The full script, written as spoken lines with [on-screen text] cues in brackets
- Length: approximately 450 spoken words, about three minutes at normal pace
- Tone: conversational and direct, none of the stiffness of prose read aloud
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