# Social media carousel structure: a slide-by-slide script > Turn a recognizable task into a sequence with complete copy, useful visuals, and an actionable ending. **A social media carousel organizes an explanation into slides that are read in order.** Before designing it, write down what the reader should be able to do by the end. That action helps you choose the opening, steps and ending. For this example, the action is sharing a draft in Google Drive to receive comments. The sequence moves from choosing access to sending a link the other person can use. It is an editorial proposal based on Google’s help documentation, not a post whose performance we have measured. ## A full script, ready for design Each slide separates the copy you publish from the direction for the designer. The title belongs on the slide. Design notes help prepare the visual and are not added to the copy by default. *Six proposed slides for sharing a draft and asking for a specific review.* **1. Sending a draft for review?** Slide copy: Before copying the link, decide what you need: comments on the text or changes inside the document. Design direction: A page with two actions: comment and edit. Highlight the difference between asking for an opinion and asking for a correction. **2. Choose access for the task** Slide copy: For feedback, choose Commenter. For rewriting, choose Editor. Also check what access that person has through the folder. Design direction: Two rows pairing actions with roles. These are file permissions in My Drive; avoid depicting a menu you have not checked. **3. Decide who can open it** Slide copy: For a private review, choose Restricted and add the people. Anyone with the link broadens access, if your account allows it. Design direction: Show named recipients beside Restricted and a link that can be forwarded beside the other option. **4. Check the folder’s access** Slide copy: Open Share and check where access comes from. If it is inherited from the folder, adjust permissions there or use a limited-access subfolder. Design direction: A folder connected to a draft. Point out where inherited access is controlled. **5. Ask for a specific review** Slide copy: “Does the first paragraph make it clear who the post is for? Leave a comment in the document.” Design direction: One question beside the first paragraph. Mark what needs review without filling the slide with the entire draft. **6. Test the link before sending it** Slide copy: Confirm that the person can open the draft and comment. Send the link together with the review question. Design direction: The file, person and selected permission. Finish with the link and question you will send. Google documents My Drive file roles and link options in [Share files](https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2494822?hl=en). An Editor can share and change permissions by default; the owner can limit this. If someone already has access through the folder, changing the file alone does not reduce that access. To separate material, see [limited-access folders](https://support.google.com/drive/answer/14254362?hl=en). Work or school accounts may have additional sharing restrictions. ## Why the sequence is easy to follow The opening introduces a recognizable task: sending a draft. Each slide answers the next question: what the person can do, who can open it, where their access comes from and what they should review. The ending lets the reader finish the task with a tested link and a specific question. Review your own script this way: read only the titles and check whether they form a journey. Then read the full copy without the design notes. If a condition is missing, add it where it changes the decision. If a slide opens another topic that is not needed to reach the ending, save it for another post. You do not need six slides every time. A short comparison may need fewer; a process with an important condition may need another. Divide the explanation by what the reader needs to understand, rather than to fill a count. ## From copy to a phone screen Design a slide with the longest copy first and view it at the size people will read in the feed. Keep a clear hierarchy between the title and explanation. If fitting everything requires very small text, shorten the copy or split the idea. Use the visual to explain something: the relationship between a folder and a file in slide four, for example. A screenshot can help if the interface is current and the control is visible; an illustration can explain the relationship without imitating a menu. Avoid elements that compete with the step you are teaching. The [editable storyboard CSV](/blogs/social-media-carousel-structure/storyboard-en.csv) includes all six titles, their full copy and the design notes. For another carousel, keep those three fields and start with the final action. To agree on the audience, goal and sources with your team, use the [content brief](/en/guides/social-media-content-brief-template/). ## Plan your next post in HeyMark. Keep the idea, review the draft with your team, and see how it performed in the accounts you connected. [Start free](https://app.heymark.ai) · [See how it works](https://heymark.ai/en/#product) ## Developer and agent resources - [HeyMark MCP documentation](https://heymark.ai/en/mcp/) - [llms.txt](https://heymark.ai/llms.txt) - [Full site content for language models](https://heymark.ai/llms-full.txt) - MCP protocol endpoint: `POST https://mcp.heymark.ai` - OAuth protected-resource metadata: [/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource](https://mcp.heymark.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource) - MCP server card: [/server-card](https://mcp.heymark.ai/server-card)