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fromPsychology Today
23 hours ago

Do You See Yourself in a Story?

Comic books have evolved into a serious medium for exploring trauma and psychological depth, exemplified by works like Maus.
Social media marketing
fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

They Were Once Essential to So Many Writers. Now They're Quietly Vanishing Across the Internet.

A writer reflects on building connections in a writing community and the impact of AI on friendships and careers.
Film
fromVulture
1 week ago

The Twist in The Drama Is Not the Problem

The film features a controversial plot twist involving a character's past plan for a school shooting, sparking significant online speculation and backlash.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
5 days ago

Ghostwriting Is Good, Actually

Ghostwriting, when done by humans, can provide valuable support to authors and help share unique perspectives.
Media industry
fromInc
2 weeks ago

Should You Hire a Writer or Use AI? Here's Why Journalists Still Win

Investing in journalists enhances content quality through expertise, relationships, and engaging storytelling, which AI cannot replicate despite its efficiency.
Books
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Coping With the Up-and-Down Arc of a Prolific Writer's Life

Merrill Joan Gerber's latest book reflects her writing journey from the 1960s to the present, showcasing selected stories from her extensive career.
fromEmilysneddon
2 weeks ago
Typography

Fran Sans Essay - Emily Sneddon

Fran Sans is a display font inspired by the unique destination displays of San Francisco's diverse public transit system.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Unconventional Novels About Conventional People

Aging revolutionaries and conformists share parallel narratives of disillusionment and the loss of youthful dreams in recent literature.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

The Human Skill That Eludes AI

Generative AI has paradoxically declined in creative writing quality since GPT-2, despite advancing in technical capabilities, with current models producing formulaic, flawed prose despite access to centuries of literature.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

The Shift That Happens When You Write a Non-Fiction Book

Writing a book transforms tacit knowledge into explicit frameworks, forcing experts to articulate intuitions they've developed through experience into clear, communicable ideas.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

The Sci-Fi Novelist Who Disappeared for Decades

Cameron Reed's science fiction explores cognitive estrangement, revealing alien worlds that reflect and challenge our own societal norms and moral dilemmas.
Books
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Fiction Is Indispensable to Life's Journey

Fiction is essential for emotional connection, learning, and social cognition, allowing us to escape reality and engage deeply with narratives.
Marketing
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Why Storytelling May Be the Most Important - and Most Underrated - Leadership Skill of 2026

Storytelling transforms data into memorable meaning that drives team action, emerging as essential leadership skill in digital workplaces for building trust and human connection.
Independent films
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Which are more like life, novels or films?

Films display character thoughts primarily through facial expressions and actions, making them more mysterious and potentially more realistic than novels, which explicitly describe inner thoughts.
fromMedium
1 month ago

Things that don't matter when you write

To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul. The concept I stick to - my core principle - is simple: I write in plain English, and only when I actually have something to say.
Writing
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Do writing retreats actually work? Reader, I finished my novel in style

Retreats provide concentrated time, restorative environments, purposeful walking, and peer support that accelerate progress on creative projects and relieve blocks.
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

One Way Out: Standing at the Edge of the Map

Generative AI is rapidly reshaping content design, but human designers retain essential skills, judgment, and adaptability that tools alone cannot fully replace.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Writing as Sanctuary: Carrying Grief Word by Word

Grief can be sudden or gradual, profoundly affecting cognition and sleep, and expressive practices like journaling and art therapy can help process and lighten grief.
Education
fromeLearning Industry
1 month ago

Storytelling In Instructional Design: Turning Information Into Talent Transformation

Storytelling-based instructional design turns information into authentic, job-real experiences that activate emotion and memory, producing lasting behavior change.
Mindfulness
fromFast Company
2 months ago

How to design a sabbatical that actually changes you

An intentional sabbatical structured around novelty, reflection, and learning facilitates identity renewal, creativity, and long-term performance beyond mere rest or vacation.
fromEntrepreneur
2 months ago

Is Narrative the Missing Piece Behind Every Failed Innovation?

They meet whatever half-formed idea they already associate with the category, and that idea ends up doing a lot more work than the product itself. Someone hears "AI tool for business" and immediately imagines Hollywood robots or their boss replacing half the team. Someone hears "blockchain platform," and their mind jumps to a chart going straight down. A buyer sees a proptech product and wonders whether it'll complicate an already stressful process.
Marketing tech
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Whodunnit: The Upstate Murder-Mystery Weekend

Cupid gets his main-character moment this weekend. We asked New Yorker staffers to help build a playlist befitting his romantic mission. For a classic piece of nineties Brit pop, Oasis's " Slide Away" is basically an absurdly romantic ballad of plain devotion and yearning-which "Wuthering Heights" has established as the emotions of the season. May your Valentine's Day be all about both!- Noreen Plabutong
Music
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 months ago

"Novelist" Boasts That Using AI She Can Churn Out a New Book in 45 Minutes, Says Regular Writers Will Never Be Able to Keep Up

AI-assisted production enables rapid, high-volume publication of commercially successful books, outpacing traditional human creators and prompting concerns about quality and authenticity.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

You owe it to yourself to go on a solo trip. Here's how to plan one

Solo travel can be empowering, relieving, and tailored to personal goals while also provoking anxiety about family responsibilities and safety.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Writer's Secret Weapon

Swimming and physical exertion enhance creative thinking by muffling sensory input, boosting neurotransmitters, and enabling deeper, more original idea generation.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

6 Ways to Make Creativity a Non-Negotiable Part of Your Life

Protect regular, low-pressure time for wandering and openness to sustain creativity amid stress, multitasking, and competing life demands.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Say It Again: A Treatment

Clara, a spy whose family and friends were repeatedly targeted by Russian gangs, travels to London and infiltrates M.I.6 to find a Russian double agent.
UX design
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Seven creative exercises to help you create even when you're remote

Design sprints, workshops, and collaborative creative processes can succeed fully remotely using strong design processes, design thinking, appropriate tools, experience, and playful exercises.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

How to Put Sex in a Novel

Contemporary literary fiction increasingly avoids depicting heterosexual intimacy while queer novelists freely explore sex's complexities, as exemplified by Jan Saenz's unconventional novel about selling experimental orgasm-inducing pills.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Taking the Internet Novel Offline

Depicting internet-mediated life requires new narrative strategies that ground online behavior in familiar forms like family drama to keep readers engaged.
#memory
Books
fromMedium
2 months ago

How to start writing (like it's easy)

A profoundly immersive book can deeply alter readers and provoke self-doubt about one's own creative abilities.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Myth of the Perfect Writer's Room

Creative work often arises in ordinary, cluttered, shared, or constrained spaces rather than in idealized secluded retreats.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

7 things people do when telling stories that make others tune out immediately without realizing it - Silicon Canals

We've all been there. Someone starts telling a story, and within seconds, your mind starts wandering. Maybe you pull out your phone, suddenly remember an urgent email, or find yourself mentally reorganizing your weekend plans. The storyteller doesn't notice. They keep going, completely unaware that they've lost their audience. After interviewing over 200 people for various articles, I've noticed patterns in how people communicate their experiences. Some captivate you from the first word, while others lose you before they've even gotten to the point.
Writing
Books
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

TR-49 is interactive fiction for fans of deep research rabbit holes

Research notes in a cataloged database reveal interlinked authors, hidden computer commands, and an unfolding narrative converging on a metaphysical search and encroaching threat.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Trip to the Moon by John Yorke review a storytelling handbook in dire need of an edit

Understanding five-act narrative structure helps craft commercially effective, emotionally compelling plot-driven stories that tap themes of healing, reinvention and political rhetoric.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

A Debut Novel About the Quest for Eternal Youth

The boundary between responsible adult and dependent child has frayed as caregivers flail through midlife while youth confront a crumbling, dishonest world.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

How Do You Write About the Inexplicable?

Rational skepticism coexists with a persistent tendency to personify evil and read coincidences as omens.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

A Biography Without 'The Boring Bits'

Sophia Stewart poses a choice that many biographers struggle with: "what to do with the boring bits."
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