AI-Assisted Story Writer – Contract
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AI-assisted commercial fiction writer creating high-hook, pay-per-chapter stories for Crazy Maple Studio's mobile gaming and streaming platforms. Using AI, editorial judgment, and performance data to optimize reader conversion.
Responsibilities:
- Use the AI story system to write complete short stories of roughly 20,000 words, from title and logline through final chapter, delivered on schedule.
- Develop stories from one-line ideas, trending topics, web novels, user-generated content, and existing hit stories.
- Approve story direction at each checkpoint, including genre track, core reader expectation, paywall placement, and chapter-by-chapter emotional pacing.
- Edit and polish AI drafts so final prose is vivid, emotionally specific, consistent in voice, and free of generic or repetitive AI patterns.
- Write high-impact titles, loglines, opening hooks, and paywall moments designed to drive ad clicks and reader conversion.
- Review testing results for every delivered story, use retest reports to diagnose underperformance, and revise promising stories that fall short of targets.
- Track story performance and apply learnings to each new title.
- Stay current on trending tropes, hit stories, and reader tastes across short fiction, web novels, and short-form video drama, and bring new story ideas to the team.
- Success measured by test pass rate, ROAS, reader conversion, output and turnaround, and revision impact.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years of writing experience in commercial fiction, such as serialized fiction, web novels, Wattpad, Kindle Vella, romance publishing, short drama scripts, or a similar medium.
- A portfolio that shows strong commercial instincts: fast-paced plotting, emotional payoffs, and hooks that keep readers turning pages.
- Strong command of romance, revenge, family drama, and suspense, including popular tropes and what readers expect from them.
- Hands-on experience using AI writing tools (ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) in a real writing workflow.
- Excellent editing skills and the judgment to spot and fix flat, clichéd, or illogical AI output.
- Comfort with a results-driven environment where performance data shapes priorities and compensation.
- Ability to read and act on basic performance metrics (click-through rate, conversion, ROAS).
- Comfortable writing young adult and adult romance and drama, which may include sensitive and triggering content.
- Native or near-native English writing ability for English-speaking Western readers.
- Strong attention to detail, self-direction, and the ability to manage multiple stories at once under deadline.
- Flexibility to work across different time zones and communicate clearly in a remote team.
- Eagerness to learn and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Experience writing for pay-per-chapter apps or short-form video drama platforms.
- A track record of stories or titles with measurable commercial results (reads, rankings, sales, or conversion).
- Experience writing ad copy, hooks, or marketing content for fiction.
- Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing, English, Journalism, Film, or a related field.
Benefits:
- Initial one-month term as an independent contractor (1099)
- Equal employment opportunity and protection from discrimination and harassment
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