Telling When to Show Not Tell
Like all rules about writing, “show don’t tell” is a sound idea in some cases but not in all cases. Dialog where two persons who both know the informatio...
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never wielded, only conjured
'I have seen writers who perform their love of these things claim that they only use AI for the generation of ideas. Claim they have only ever asked it to lay o...
Don’t Edit Your Ideas Before Having Them — LessWrong
Editing is far easier than writing. You can usually look at a finished product and notice its flaws in a single read-through. “This section is a bit…
501: What makes for good technical writing?
Sally and Joël get technical as they lay out their thoughts on blog posts.
The Last Word On Nothing
I wrote this on May 7, 2018 and I have no idea why it feels like I wrote it this morning, looking out my window and wondering what I was looking for. I’ve alw...
Nesrine gets meta
And, well: What are we losing in this fire? Writing is not just about rendering thoughts through words in a certain style: analysis, literary fiction, storytell...
AI fiction is fast food for the human mind - The Washington Post
The world still needs human authors to generate wild ideas.
The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written By AI
Looks closely and you’ll see that everything is equally off.
[2605.30200] Double-Edged Sword or Sharp Tool? Designing and Evaluating Triadic LLM-Teacher Collaboration for K-12 Writing at Scale
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.30200: Double-Edged Sword or Sharp Tool? Designing and Evaluating Triadic LLM-Teacher Collaboration for K-12 Writing at Scale
I hated writing—until I learned there’s a science to it · Flipso
How this researcher found her way through the “chaotic jungle”
It’s not the darkest portrait
If you work on a book for twenty years—whatever we mean by work—people really act like you’re very neurotic. Like there’s something wrong with you, or y...
Why AI can’t replace human writing—it’s about exercising one’s mind and that can’t be outsourced
Writing is a mode of inquiry. It’s a mindful exercise that turns human experience into understanding. Since AI can uplift millions who aren’t fluent in Engl...
In Anchorage, a writer gets to know devil’s club and her other new botanical neighbors
Even the most feared and aggressive-seeming life can be soft and have something to share if you take the time to get to know it.