Had an idea this morning while flying to NY. The 2 coaching sessions this week were electric — both writers broke through in ways that made me stop and think: what exactly am I teaching when I do this? So I ran the transcripts through ChatGPT and Claude to see what patterns they found in my coaching. After years of instinct, it finally clicked: what I’m teaching isn’t structure — it’s emotional authorship. How to write from your characters instead of about them. How to find the wound that shaped them, the lie that protects them, and the truth the story exists to expose. That’s the forge — the moment when a writer stops moving characters around the board and starts feeling what drives them. So here’s the experiment: Can AI be trained to help writers Forge Creativity, Not Replace It? I know — AI is the third rail of the creative world right now. But this isn’t about replacing writers. It’s about revealing them. I’m calling it The Primal Forge GPT. It’s not a note bot. It’s not a formula machine. It’s a tool trained directly on how I coach writers — to help you uncover the wound, lie, and truth that make a character come alive. The goal isn’t polished pages. It’s to get unstuck — to feel what’s really driving your story, the emotional engine beneath the plot. If you’re curious, drop a logline, a scene, or even a full treatment into The Primal Forge GPT and see what happens. This is just an experiment, so it might totally fail. No worries if it does — that’s part of what we teach here. Don’t be afraid to charge headlong down rabbit holes that might lead nowhere. Even a dead end is good data. If a few of you want to try it as a brainstorming or journaling tool and share honest feedback — useful or annoying — I’d love to hear it. This is just one of many tools I hope to experiment with and bring you in the coming weeks. Click here to access in ChatGPT: The Primal Forge GPT

It's now possible to upgrade your Standard membership to Premium, which includes... Direct access to me in: Monthly Hot Seat coaching calls where I diagnose scripts in real time (the whole room learns, not just the writer in the seat). Mindset calls when you’re stuck or spiraling. Weekly coffee check-ins for accountability and really getting to know the great people in this community. We're also going to experiment with Body-doubling writing sessions — cameras on, doing the work together. This isn’t a course library you consume alone. It’s a working forge where we show up, do the work, and get better. As I create courses and workshops, Premium members get access to the recorded versions as they’re released. No extra charges for the core library. Right now I’m teaching Emotional Authorship: What Film Schools Don’t Teach live in the community — a framework built around The Wound, The Lie, and The Small Life, so characters hit on a gut level instead of feeling like Save the Cat clones. As I build out the course library, I want to prioritize what actually helps you now. Based on what you’ve been asking for, here’s what’s on the table: - Emotional Authorship: What Film Schools Don’t Teach (currently live) - The Reality of a Screenwriting Career (jobs, agents, money, longevity) - Pitching: What Studios and Producers Actually Listen For - Rewriting Without Killing the Soul of the Script - Loglines That Actually Work - How to Write Dialogue That Sounds Real - Writing Secondary Characters That Matter - How to Write a Scene That Works - Act One: How to Hook an Audience and an Industry Reader - Why Scripts That Follow All the Rules Still Feel Dead - Foundations of Great Storytelling - The Diagnostic: Reading Scripts Like a Hollywood Script Doctor And finally, the Big One: - Foundations of Screenwriting - From Fade In to Fade Out - this would be an A-Z intensive taught live over a period of 6 weeks. Simple ask: Comment with the top 2–3 you’d want first. If you feel something critical is missing, by all means list that below too.

So many people have joined in December, I wanted to have a meetup Monday morning for whoever is available. I know it's a busy week with Christmas, my daughter is in town from NY, I still have shopping to do myself! But if anyone is available and interested, drop a line below and let us know you'll be on the call Monday morning and I'll see you there myself! Happy Holidays all!