You don't need fewer jump cuts. You need a jump-cut budget you actually spend on purpose.

You don't need fewer jump cuts. You need a jump-cut budget you actually spend on purpose.

The rule: assign cuts like money.
— Count your cuts in the first 30 seconds. If it's over 20, you're hiding bad writing.
— Spend zero cuts on your one best sentence. Let it breathe for 4 full seconds.
— Save your fastest cut cluster for the lowest-energy moment, not the hook.

Pattern fatigue isn't from speed, it's from spending the same way everywhere. A flat rhythm is a flat brain.

Budget it. Agree or fight me?