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The Battlefield Changes the Job
A combat veteran's lessons from Ukraine apply to every scribbler and filmmaker watching the algorithm decide their fate.
Mar 23
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Jesse Alexander
When Genres Age, The Scribbler’s Job Changes
The gap between a predictable genre script and a dangerous one isn’t the tropes. It’s knowing what job those tropes are supposed to do at this point in…
Mar 16
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Jesse Alexander
Your Process Is the Show
What Happens When You Let Your Audience Watch You Work?
Mar 9
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Jesse Alexander
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Story Math Guy Gets a Calculator
Screen scribblers who understand how LLMs read structure will write scripts that survive AI filtration. Those who don't may never know what stopped…
Mar 5
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Jesse Alexander
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"Hollywood" Isn't a Person
Treating "Hollywood" as a single entity with one agenda is a cognitive shortcut that makes you worse at understanding the industry you want to work in.
Mar 2
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Jesse Alexander
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February 2026
Your Script Is a Product
The gap between "the scribbling is good" and "someone is buying this" is where careers stall. Most scribblers never figure out why.
Feb 23
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Jesse Alexander
Animation EDU During AI Revolution
The ground under your feet hasn’t stopped moving since you enrolled at the art school of your dreams.
Feb 16
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Jesse Alexander
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Film School During the AI Revolution
You picked the right art form at the wrong moment. Or maybe… the best moment ever!
Feb 9
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Jesse Alexander
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AI Is Hurting Creators,Just Not All Creators the Same Way
Why sequential artists survived on Pixiv while illustrators didn't.
Feb 2
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Jesse Alexander
3
January 2026
Is Moltbot a First Step Toward Technopoly?
Why you should train for future shock now, not when it gets loud.
Jan 31
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Jesse Alexander
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The Forever IP Test
What do successful video games and linear narratives have in common?
Jan 29
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Jesse Alexander
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Rhythm vs. Melody: Why Serialized TV Feels Disposable
Seasons of serialized TV might have a vibe, but rarely do individual episodes have an identity you can remember and revisit.
Jan 26
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Jesse Alexander
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