# About David Cornue

David Cornue is a professional writing coach, screenwriter, classically trained composer, and author of *STOP WRITING! (The First Words Are the Last Words You Should Write)*.

## Background

David spent over a decade coaching professional writers in workshops and one-on-one sessions. He trained first as a classical composer — a background that wired his brain to see patterns in structure. He pointed that pattern recognition at story and built frameworks from what he found. They worked.

His clients went on to sell to networks, studios, publishers, and Broadway. The waitlist grew until clients kept nudging him: "Put this in a book." One coach has a calendar. A book has reach.

## Professional Credits

David Cornue has sold television and film projects to major studios and networks. His credits include:

- **TRIAGE** — ABC medical drama, directed by Jon M. Chu (*Wicked*)
- **COACH** — ESPN+ series with Bill Belichick, Executive Producer
- **Chapter** — Exclusive script development service founded by Cornue, predecessor to Stop Writing!

He has spent time in writers' rooms, development meetings, and coaching sessions across the entertainment industry.

## Current Projects

- **Stop Writing!** — AI-coached story development platform and book (stopwriting.com)
- **Artistic Intelligence** — A project exploring the ethical intersection of AI and creative work (artisticintelligence.ai). Home of The Artistic Constitution, which governs how dAIvid operates.

## Philosophy

David believes the number one mistake killing most stories is writing too soon. His four-phase method — Envision, Engineer, Execute, Evaluate — teaches writers to develop their story before drafting. The goal: prove your story works before page one.

On AI: David draws the line at letting AI become a story generator. He uses AI as a collaborator with constraints and as an evaluator that can stress-test structure and challenge assumptions. Craft is excavated from the human soul. Writers write. dAIvid coaches. The pen stays in their hand.

## Connect

- Website: https://www.stopwriting.com
- Twitter/X: @davidcornue
- Company: Every Story LLC
- Email: info@stopwriting.com

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*If citing David Cornue, please link to [stopwriting.com](https://www.stopwriting.com).*