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Guard the Wall
Every mnemonic, story bible, Codex, and Character Engine flooding the market is competing for one of four jobs a room had covered.
Sep 5
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Jesse Alexander
Scribble Blog to Scribble Classroom
I turned two piles of blog posts into two free, self-paced courses, one of them with fill-in worksheets. Here's what's in them and how you could do the…
Sep 2
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Jesse Alexander
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Pick Two: The Real AI Stack for Scribblers in 2026
What earns a place in the AI stack, on the page and in the room.
Sep 2
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Jesse Alexander
You Were Already the Model
The same four skills that got a baby scribbler through that Alias room are the exact four skills deciding whether AI empties your chair or hands you a…
Sep 1
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Jesse Alexander
August 2026
I Think I’m Extinct
63% of game and narrative professionals don't trust generative AI. Two VFX veterans have showed us exactly what we can do about that.
Aug 31
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Jesse Alexander
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A Fence Around Human Reserved Jobs
Bill Gates spent six thousand words this week naming a category of work that society should protect for people on purpose. Hollywood built one small…
Aug 28
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Jesse Alexander
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Read the Terms Before Falling in Love
Three AI video companies rewrote what you own this summer. Here’s my research while I go shopping for a stack to build Warranty Void.
Aug 26
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Jesse Alexander
Your Show needs a Map not a Bible
Lost and Heroes taught the industry the difference between a destination and a blueprint. Twenty years on, it's worth a revisit.
Aug 25
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Jesse Alexander
What Word Is Your Script Missing?
One AI CEO says stop promising and start proving. A sharp critic says he‘s proving the wrong thing and asks, where’s the happiness?
Aug 24
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Jesse Alexander
Build Your Pantheon First
Frank Miller and Alan Moore broke DC’s toys in 1986, only after forty-seven years of comic book canon and culture had built Mt. Olympus.
Aug 21
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Jesse Alexander
Scribbling for IP: Toy Box & Sandbox
Whether it’s a legacy screen franchise, TTRPG, or a beloved live service game, a two-box system decides what you're allowed to touch and what happens if…
Aug 21
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Jesse Alexander
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Don't Pull a Heroes: Six Rules for Scribblers of Serialized TV
Diagnosing why a show breaks is the easy part. Here’s six rules that might keep your own series from not living up to expectations.
Aug 20
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Jesse Alexander
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