Sell Your TV Concept NowAI is now part of the screenwriting conversation, whether you love it, hate it, or want to ignore it. The key is separating hype from reality.
Under the 2023 WGA agreement, the Guild established protections around AI—emphasizing that AI can’t be used to undermine writers’ credit or compensation, and that writers’ work shouldn’t be exploited for training without scrutiny.
What does that mean for emerging writers?
It means AI is not a shortcut to becoming a writer. It can’t replace taste, voice, emotional truth, or the ability to build a scene that turns. But it can be used like a glorified assistant—if you’re careful and ethical.
Smart ways writers use tools right now:
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brainstorming alt scene objectives,
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generating a list of obstacles,
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stress-testing loglines (“what’s unclear?”),
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summarizing their own draft to check clarity.
Bad ways:
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asking it to “write my script,”
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relying on it for jokes/voice,
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using it to imitate living writers.
Your career isn’t built on output. It’s built on output you can stand behind.
Here’s the real fear behind AI: that the business will value speed over craft. Your counter-move is to become the writer who delivers fast AND good. That’s always been the advantage.
This week’s action: use whatever tool you like for one thing only: generate 20 possible scene obstacles. Choose the best 3, then write the scene yourself. That’s the healthy relationship: the tool supports craft; it doesn’t become craft.
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