ix months into the pandemic, I hadn’t written a word. When I finally returned to the page, in September 2020, it wasn’t with the clarity and intention required for the essays and stories I was used to writing. Instead, my thoughts and feelings and pen meandered and explored; I wrote in a generally unfocused, sometimes […]
Photograph by Karen Shacham Zoe Fishman When tragedy turned her world upside down, award-winning author Zoe Fishman did what authors do: she wrote it all down. Fishman was busy raising two small sons with her husband Ronen Shacham when he died unexpectedly in 2017, transforming her overnight into a widow and a single mom. She […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various industries, including writing, by introducing new possibilities and capabilities. In the field of essay writing, AI has undergone a remarkable evolution, transitioning from early models like ChatGPT to specialized tools like PerfectEssayWriter.ai. This article explores the historical development of AI in essay writing, highlighting the limitations of general-purpose models […]
The message from the Writers’ Guild of America is clear: as the TV and film industry increasingly moves towards streaming platforms, writers are suffering the consequences. Right now, the writers who bring the public their favourite television shows and films are on strike. There are a multitude of reasons behind the industrial action – from […]
WGA members picketing outside Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles Editor’s note: Paul Young , the Emmy-winning producer and founder of management-production company Make Good Content, also co-founded Principato-Young Entertainment in 2000, while concurrently serving as chairman of the Groundlings Theater. The onetime Variety reporter and Paramount creative executive recently produced the Duke Johnson film The […]
Since 2007, national writing contest the Meaning of Home shares what home means to students in Grades 4, 5 and 6. This year, three grand prize winners and nine runners-up have joined over 12,000 students across Canada to raise $302,000 for Habitat for Humanity organizations across Canada through their entries. Three grand prize winners won […]
Last week, generative fiction tool Sudowrite launched a system for writing whole novels. Called Story Engine, it’s another shot in the ongoing culture war between artists and AI developers — one side infuriated by what feels like a devaluation of their craft, the other insisting that it’s a tool for unlocking creativity and breaking writer’s […]
As I sit down to write my last Stute article, it feels odd to try my hand at opinion. So for my final Stute piece, I will be doing what I have advised every science writer not to do: combine my opinions with science. Four years ago, I would have never considered myself a writer. […]
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