I love writing, so this is helpful!
I wonder if to an extent this may also work with youtube videos. Mine tend to perform well with google but not too well with YOutube's search engine sometimes, so I got good SEO but maybe not captivating enough titles!
I feel that thumbnail works better on YouTube when it comes to hooking your viewers but when it comes to SEO, you must focus on how your viewers will think, know their search intent and optimize your title based on it.