Prompting · 2026-07-30

The first verb wins

Video models are verb-driven: the first action verb in a beat is the one rendered hardest, and every verb after it is weighted lower. "The camera arcs around her as she turns while her earrings swing" gets you the arc, a weak turn, and no swing. Give each motion its own clause with its own subject, most important first.

One verb per sentence. Rank them by writing order.

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