Phase II: Collaborative Reconstruction of Psychotic Break

A Creative Production Model Directed by Michael Wallick

🔥 Overview

This experiment documents the recovery and restructuring of the Psychotic Break project following technical setbacks and creative gridlock. Every idea, every narrative choice, every structural shift originated with Michael Wallick, who has led this project from its inception with full creative authorship and directional oversight.

🧠 Lessons from the Initial Breakdown

- Complex storylines and world-building require careful, intentional handling—only possible under direct creative leadership.- Large-scale screenplay formatting through one system caused overload, memory collapse, and continuity errors.- Michael recognized that trusting AI with the wrong parts of the process creates inefficiency and frustration.- So, he reasserted control: no delegation of vision, only delegation of function.

⚙️ The New Collaborative Model

Every phase now revolves around Michael's direction, authorship, and decisions. No AI acts without guidance. Each system plays a specific, limited role in executing his creative will:

- Michael Wallick – Creator, writer, director of all themes, structure, and narrative details.- Grock – Used only to generate prose drafts under Michael’s strict direction.- ChatGPT – Used solely to format, polish, structure, and visualize documents and covers based on Michael’s specifications.This model is not a co-authorship. It is a production pipeline under a single author’s command.

📘 Current Achievements

- 22 books in development, each based on a single Psychotic Break episode or Sterling's overarching story.- Season 1 summaries complete, formatted into Word and Excel files.- Season 2 episodes 1–2 fully written with high cinematic detail.- Placeholder tracking in place for Seasons 2–4.- Covers, dedication pages, and symbolic images created under direction.- Lulu-ready formatting mastered.

🔄 Production Workflow

1. Michael generates prose using Grock.2. He reviews, edits, and approves.3. He sends it to ChatGPT for finishing, formatting, and cover design.4. Michael finalizes the work for publication on Lulu.5. This repeats for each book until the full Psychotic Break saga is complete.No shortcuts. No compromises. Every word, image, and structure reflects his creative authorship.