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Stop wasting your

Small kicker over a giant slammed headline with an italic tail line. Stages: “Stop wasting money on protein powder you don't need.” You are replacing a common habit with a better method. Fits lines like “Stop wasting hours on perfect thumbnails.”.

Open my video with this hook: "Stop wasting your" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/stop-wasting-your/preset.json (pass its "preset" to the engine).
Engine (MIT, no dependencies, ES module): https://24fps.dev/editor/engine.js. Download the engine next to your page (curl -O) rather than importing cross-origin, then import { mount } from "./engine.js" in a <script type="module"> served over http.
Wiring: root = a position:relative box at the video's size. media = { main }: main is a wrapper holding my video, filling the root. Then const fx = mount(root, { kind: "text", preset, media }) and call fx.render(seconds) every frame. The preset runs 4s from t = 0; offset t to place it later. It is seek-safe: drive it from the GSAP timeline in HyperFrames or call render(frame / fps) in Remotion. Before capturing frames, await (fx.ready ?? document.fonts.ready). Check it on my footage: if text is hidden behind the subject or doesn't read against my colours, nudge the layer positions or colours.
Replace the demo text with mine: set preset.layers[n].text (use \n for line breaks); if none given, write lines that fit my footage and tell me.
Hook formula: Stop [wasting resource] on [useless thing].
Field reference: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/llms.txt. Keep sizes as fractions of the frame height so it works at any resolution. Credit: 24fps.dev/video-editor
Formula
Stop [wasting resource] on [useless thing].
Example lines
Stop wasting money on protein powder you don't need. · Stop wasting hours on perfect thumbnails. · Stop wasting your weekend on meal prep. · Stop wasting your budget on souvenir shops.
Beats
0.0s Speaker is already mid-sentence; kicker 'stop wasting money' rises in at the top of the text block. → 0.1s 'On protein powder' slams in huge, shadowed, centred. → 0.6s Italic tail 'you don't need' rises under it. → 1.4s Hands tossing the product into a bin; thud; speaker doesn't smile.
Technique
Stop doing X hook: Direct command that swaps a habit for a better one.
Footage
Man talking and gesturing, Pexels

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