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Hooks, slide text and captions
Writing the words on slides: first-slide hooks, slide-by-slide pacing, captions and calls to action, with original examples you can adapt.
Start hereTikTok slideshow hooks: a framework and 40 original examplesA slide-1 hook has one job: earn the swipe to slide 2. Make it specific, give it one idea, promise something on the next slide and keep it readable in a glance. Pick one of eight hook types below, adapt one of the 40 examples, and test your hooks against each other instead of trusting any list.Lists
- Curiosity hook examples: 25 open-loop hooks for slideshows25 original curiosity hooks across niches, five loop shapes that fit a slideshow, and the rule that the payoff must land before the last slide.
- Question hooks for slideshows: 20 rewrites from weak to strongWhy yes/no question hooks may stall the swipe and open ones may not, five edits that strengthen a question, and 20 weak-to-strong rewrites you can adapt.
Guides
- Hooks without clickbait: a promise test and 15 honest rewritesTest whether a slide-1 hook overpromises with five questions, then see 15 clickbait hooks rewritten honestly and why the payoff slide settles the promise.
- How to make AI slide text sound human: a five-step editing passEdit AI-written slides until they sound like a person: cut, concretize, vary the rhythm, take a side and remove tells, shown with five before and after slides.
- How to structure a TikTok slideshow: hook, setup, payoff and CTAMap the hook, setup, points, payoff and call to action onto 5, 7 and 10 slides, with a word budget per job and an outline template you can copy.
- TikTok slideshow captions: formulas and templates for photo postsCaption formulas for TikTok photo posts: how to use the title field and the 4,000-character caption, with copy-ready templates for five slideshow formats.
- TikTok slideshow title: the 90-character field and 15 examplesA TikTok photo post has a title with a 90-rune API limit. See how it differs from slide 1 and the caption, how to count it, and 15 example titles.
- How much text per slide? A words-per-slide guide with rewritesWork out how many words fit one slide from reading time and font size on a 1080 px canvas, then shorten wordy slides with five before and after rewrites.