1) Blake Snyder was a casual friend of mine.

2) I was repped at William Morris for screenwriting.

3) I was repped at Darhansoff & Verrill for novels.

4) My letter of recommendation to grad school was written by Terry Rossio.

5) I was introduced to my agent by at D&V By Douglas Preston.

6) My novel was edited by Richard Marek.

KCAL did a stand-up in 2006, 2007. Peak "Save the Cat!" time. They put a camera, a reporter and a microphone on the corner of Hollywood & Vine and asked random passers-by "how's your screenplay coming?"

Eighty percent of them had an answer other than "I don't have a screenplay." And yet, none of them - not a one! Got made into a movie. I had a friend who would read eight screenplays a day. Did so for a couple years. Not a single one ever got greenlit. Is your argument that ChatGPT can do a better job than a human? Because I said they were 80% of the way there and your argument is that an editor could get them on the mass market shelves. So... all those writers out there banging away, unable to get published... are they worse than ChatGPT?

It took M Night Shamalyan 9 rewrites before he figured out Bruce Willis was dead. Is ChatGPT going to figure it out in 10? 20? 30? Ever?

It took Anne LaMott 20 drafts before her daddy's agent would shop around her first book. She ended up at a vanity press anyway. Are you suggesting that ChatGPT writes better than Anne LaMot? I might happen to agree; I find her tedious. Jeff Bezos tho

So rather than go chapter and verse on the how and why of you being wrong, I will merely suggest that you're out over your skis, and if you disagree I suggest that you give this

If you gave 80% there copy to any decent developmental editor and line editor, you could probably get to the level of any bulk genre novel on the shelves at B&N within 6 months

a try.