# YouTube video desk: script, research and thumbnail options

> For YouTubers and video creators planning, scripting and publishing a video.

a video planned from your own past numbers — a Table of past videos’ retention charted beside the new script, a research and shot-list table, thumbnail options in a Gallery and a read-through recorded as a Voice note to time the script. Distinct from content-calendar (many posts across channels): this is one video from idea to upload.

## What goes on the desk

- Document ‘Script’ (hook, sections, sponsor read) (/help/widget-document)
- Table ‘Past videos’ (Title, Length, Retention % as numbers) with a Chart (/help/widget-chart)
- Table ‘Research and shots’ (Item, Source, Shot, Status) (/help/widget-table)
- Browser on your channel analytics or research pages (/help/widget-browser)
- Gallery ‘Thumbnail options’ (/help/widget-gallery)
- Voice note for a timed read-through with transcript (/help/widget-voice-note)
- Tasks ‘Before filming’ (/help/widget-tasks).

## Set it up

one desk per video; save as a template for the series (/help/desk-templates).

## Use it day to day

research into the table, script in the document, read-through, shoot, upload, then add the new video’s numbers.

## Where Plexii helps

the Document’s Draft with AI and Rewrite selection change nothing until you insert or replace (/help/widget-document); the Voice note offers a cleaned-up transcript and suggested next steps (/help/widget-voice-note).