They want to maintain their humanity… But they also want AI to do all the work and hand them a perfect story. The result: they're confused and feel like crap when it’s done. Here’s what’s really going on: You can’t feel creative ownership over something you didn’t contribute meaningfully to. It is impossible. When you let AI carry the majority of the creative load, the result might look impressive but it also feels empty. Because it doesn’t contain any part of you for the simple reason that just how painting uses color, and music uses notes, stories use emotion and without your input... well, you get it. But also - just as importantly - ownership has always come from effort. Even when people used to outsource on a writer-for-hire basis, they paid for it in money that they acquired through time and sweat. That exchange created value. But now, AI does it for basically free. So if you don’t invest your intellectual capital - your taste, your creative fingerprints — there’s nothing binding you to the work. That’s why you feel worthless, and the content itself is worthless. So there's a clear contradiction: Writers want AI to deliver perfection quickly and still feel human pride. But you can’t have both. And this is an important principle, because even if AI does happen to give you something "perfect", it is encumbent upon you to raise the bar. You cannot settle for what it gives you... You have to elevate it. So clearly the only way around this is the way it’s always been... You have to do the work. Not busywork. Meaningful work. Direct, decide, refine, sculpt — step by step. Continuously raise the bar. That’s exactly what I built Scriptmatix Story Engine to do. It gives you structure, speed, and creative support... But keep your hands on the story at every stage so you can raise the standard. AI is helping us write the best screenplays ever... it's just people need to learn to use it. Because if your fingerprints aren’t on it, it’s not yours. AI doesn’t rob your humanity... skipping the work does.

Hey all, i've been MIA as I get ready for a hard launch of the app. But i wanted ya'll to know that I have deployed the Adaptation model in Story Engine. You can paste your chapters from a novel and get back an outline inside of the Story Engine development process. From there, you all know what to do. Let me know if you have questions!

Do you use the Mike AI chat in the bottom-right corner of the dashboard? It’s there to help soundboard ideas and assist with technical issues, but I’ve noticed it doesn’t get much use. Any thoughts on why that might be?

I've had my share of pain: 1. A high fall to concrete going up for a slam dunk. 2. Over a decade of fibromyalgia 3. Got hit by an SUV while crossing the street in a crosswalk on foot. 7 years ago. 4. Hospitalized due to Acetylene exposure by a negligent hvac crew, August 2025 5. Found out I have a leaking heart valve, October 2025 (I AM healed by faith). 6. November 2025 - I was told that I need my left heart valve repaired or replaced ASAP through open heart surgery. I'm not one to play a weeping violin when it comes to adversity. No excuses!!! Instead, I'd much rather flip my pain into purpose, and share this adversity through different characters and the forthcoming stories I intend to create through Scriptmatix. I've actually started working on a beat sheet for one scenario that I'll plug into the Scriptmatix plot beat: The Basketball 🏀 injury. As a writer, I'm learning that it's okay to draw more from my own experiences, the same way I would do as an actor preparing for a role. If anyone else would like to use my experiences to develop one of your characters, you're more than welcome to put your own spin on it. Happy writing, and God bless you all. 🙏🏾 Stay inspired! Freddy

I've been reviewing my analysis and documents in Scriptmatix and taking visual tone notes. After reviewing my notes, I generate mood images and one sheets in order to help capture the essence of my story. Adding tag lines to the mood images provides a little preview into the world of my primary characters and their conflicts. This also helps me stay true the needs, goals, and obstacles of each character during my rewrite process according to some of the notes in my Scriptmatix analysis.