SUGGESTED SCRIPTS — ADAPT FREELY

These are optional starting points for rhythm, not lines to memorize. Adapt or replace the wording and sequence. Write your own hook and use your own truthful details. Beat labels are reading aids, not spoken lines or required on-screen text. Posting disclosure is in 01-Brief/Posting-Notes.md.

F01 — SUGGESTED SCRIPT: Friendships in my head
Self-aware confession · About 35–45 seconds

Suggested script — adapt freely. The wording and sequence are optional. Write your own hook, use truthful details, and keep your natural voice.

01 / HOOK
I have friendships that are thriving exclusively in my head.

02 / STORY
I see something they would love. I think, I should send them that. Then I imagine our entire conversation. Excellent banter. Really lovely catch-up. They have received absolutely none of this.

03 / TURN
So apparently thinking about someone doesn’t come with a delivery receipt.

04 / SUBTLE APP MENTION
I use Remembered for the nudge to actually reach out.

05 / CLOSE
The imaginary conversation was great, though. We should invite them next time.

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F02 — SUGGESTED SCRIPT: Low-maintenance, not absent
Gentle hot take · About 35–45 seconds

Suggested script — adapt freely. The wording and sequence are optional. Write your own hook, use truthful details, and keep your natural voice.

01 / HOOK
I love a low-maintenance friendship. I just think we may have overachieved.

02 / STORY
No daily updates? Perfect. No guilt if somebody needs space? Absolutely. But sometimes we’re both being so chill that neither of us knows what city the other one lives in.

03 / TURN
I want less pressure, but I still want the occasional “how did that thing go?”

04 / SUBTLE APP MENTION
I use Remembered to nudge me to check in.

05 / CLOSE
You don’t owe me a daily report. I’d enjoy knowing your current city.

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F03 — SUGGESTED SCRIPT: The overdue-text spiral
Relatable inner monologue · About 35–45 seconds

Suggested script — adapt freely. The wording and sequence are optional. Write your own hook, use truthful details, and keep your natural voice.

01 / HOOK
Why does a text need a cover letter once you’ve waited long enough?

02 / STORY
Day one: “Hey, how are you?” Day ten: “Sorry, busy week.” Day thirty: I’m drafting a statement. There are paragraphs. I’m providing context nobody requested.

03 / TURN
Maybe I can just say, “You crossed my mind. How have you been?”

04 / SUBTLE APP MENTION
Remembered gives me a nudge before I overthink it.

05 / CLOSE
No opening statement. No supporting documents. Just hello.

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F04 — SUGGESTED SCRIPT: The birthday text test
Specific opinion + contrast · About 35–45 seconds

Suggested script — adapt freely. The wording and sequence are optional. Write your own hook, use truthful details, and keep your natural voice.

01 / HOOK
My birthday-text test is: could I send this exact thing to my dentist?

02 / STORY
“Have an amazing day.” Dentist. “Wishing you a wonderful year.” Also dentist. “I hope nobody asks you what is for dinner and you get the corner piece of cake.” Okay. Now you know me.

03 / TURN
It doesn’t have to be a paragraph. One specific thing is plenty.

04 / SUBTLE APP MENTION
I keep the birthday nudge in Remembered.

05 / CLOSE
The weirdly specific part is all you.

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F05 — SUGGESTED SCRIPT: The emotional-support meme
Observational humor · About 35–45 seconds

Suggested script — adapt freely. The wording and sequence are optional. Write your own hook, use truthful details, and keep your natural voice.

01 / HOOK
A meme is sometimes just “I miss you” with plausible deniability.

02 / STORY
I’m not saying I have been thinking about our friendship. I’m simply sending you a raccoon struggling with a trash can. Very different. Extremely casual.

03 / TURN
But sometimes I want to follow it with an actual “how are you?”

04 / SUBTLE APP MENTION
I use Remembered for that little check-in nudge.

05 / CLOSE
The raccoon can open the conversation. He can’t carry the whole friendship.

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F06 — SUGGESTED SCRIPT: I’ll reply when I’m free
Personal family observation · About 35–45 seconds

Suggested script — adapt freely. The wording and sequence are optional. Write your own hook, use truthful details, and keep your natural voice.

01 / HOOK
My family gets the version of me that’s always carrying groceries.

02 / STORY
A message comes in. I think, I’ll reply when I put these down. Then there’s dinner. Then the washing. Apparently I need a completely empty life to send my mom three sentences.

03 / TURN
I don’t. I can just tell her the small thing that happened today.

04 / SUBTLE APP MENTION
I put a nudge in Remembered. “Later” needed an actual time.

05 / CLOSE
She can hear the uneventful version. That’s most of my life anyway.

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F07 — SUGGESTED SCRIPT: The group chat paradox
Conversation-starting observation · About 35–45 seconds

Suggested script — adapt freely. The wording and sequence are optional. Write your own hook, use truthful details, and keep your natural voice.

01 / HOOK
The group chat has two hundred messages. I still don’t know how anyone is doing.

02 / STORY
I know the restaurant has bad parking. I know somebody hates the new logo. I have seen the same video from four different people. Somehow, “how has your week actually been?” never came up.

03 / TURN
I want to get better at asking one person, separately.

04 / SUBTLE APP MENTION
Remembered is my little nudge for that.

05 / CLOSE
I’ll still be in the group chat arguing about the restaurant, obviously.

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F08 — SUGGESTED SCRIPT: Retiring “we should catch up”
Mock announcement + small resolution · About 35–45 seconds

Suggested script — adapt freely. The wording and sequence are optional. Write your own hook, use truthful details, and keep your natural voice.

01 / HOOK
I’m retiring “we should catch up.” Incredible career. Very few actual meetings.

02 / STORY
We have said it in doorways. At birthdays. In messages that ended with three exclamation marks. So much enthusiasm. Not one date.

03 / TURN
I’m replacing it with “Thursday? Coffee? Twenty minutes?” Less mysterious. Much easier to answer.

04 / SUBTLE APP MENTION
Remembered handles my nudge. I still have to pick the Thursday.

05 / CLOSE
“We should” has been promoted to “are you free?”
