We showed Tom, my business coach, a short AI-made video we put together last night to get his feedback since he has attempted. It was rushed, but his main point was clear: the work has to be good enough that people don’t judge it as “impressive for AI”. it has to just work as a video. I'm not sure if I'm hiding behind "choosing my preferred style of art" to justify NOT being good enough. I’d love more eyes on it from people who understand film, story, pacing, visuals, and taste. Please rip it apart: - Specifically, what makes it feel like AI slop? I dont know, what I dont know. - Is this a quality video production(pacing, transitions, movement, etct) issue or is AI slop killing the video production itself? - What would make it feel more cinematic? Attached below. Honest feedback is more useful than encouragement. 🤟💪 especially you @David Stem @Chad Desrochers

Ian brought in pages from Kilo, his new dive/cartel/family-business thriller. He walked us through how the idea started as messy notes from a real diving story, became a scriptment, and is now turning into actual pages. Then the group jumped in and read it out loud. Chad read Kyle. Elliot Moss read Becks. David Hinnebusch narrated. Pia, Lena, Chris, Thia, and others stepped into roles and helped bring the pages to life. We also heard from Tim Elliott about Son of the 11th Hour, the faith-based independent film he’s executive producing, and then read from his JFK/Lee Harvey Oswald script-in-progress. That’s what Premium is. Real writers, pages and project. Not theory or vague encouragement or "writers" talking about "writing"... some day. Members are bringing in scripts, testing scenes, hearing their work out loud, getting feedback, and helping each other make the pages better while the work is still alive. If you’re a Standard Member and you want to be part of these live coaching calls, table reads, and work-in-progress sessions, upgrade to Premium. This is where the work gets real. Premium Membership available here: https://www.skool.com/the-writers-forge/plans

So for the last 10 days I have been quietly consumed by something I believe in deeply... ...working with Claude and ChatGPT alongside my video production and directing background to build a storyboard pitch piece for a feature screenplay called Take 24, written by my creative partner @Gene McCallister Gene McCallister, a coming-of-age thriller set in rural Georgia in 1993 about four boys making a movie on a Hi8 camcorder that ends in tragedy and a cover-up, and every one of the 23 panels was drawn by hand stroke by stroke over these 10 days with AI touching nothing but the formatting, because this story deserves that level of care... ...and tonight I am sitting down to edit it, for a channel that up until now has only ever been home to machinima films I make inside Elder Scrolls Online, so this is a first for me in more ways than one.

These calls are amazing, not only for new members to meet other members of the community. And see how their lives have changed since joining. Link: New Member Welcome and Coaching But you can also bring your pages and have them read in a table read and get coached live by yours truly. If you've been looking for community and feedback, we gotchu fam! Drop your name below and pages if you want! We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you on board!

Mine today is “treehouse” Anyway I watched this today and it really touched my soul: https://youtu.be/MC8Z4cUc6YA “STOP NOT WRITING” ✍️