The characters Amor Towles creates, from Count Alexander Rostov (living under grand-hotel-style house arrest in A Gentleman in Moscow ) to Emmet and Billy Watson (orphaned brothers in The Lincoln Highway ), are so vivid, so specific, and so downright enjoyable to spend time with that I would have sworn they were based on real […]
Students presented their work at the Knight Write Showcase. What is humanity’s most important invention? Some might say vaccines, electricity or the internet. But each of those technologies was the result of thousands of years’ worth of communication through language. Language is how we come to understand the world and ourselves. Though often invisible, it […]
Writing therapy, whether as a solo practice or done in partnership with a licensed mental health clinician, has long been a powerful tool “for unpacking and making sense of our thoughts and feelings,” says Rebecca Hendrix , a licensed marriage and family therapist in New York. Sometimes it can feel as if the latest in […]
The influence of Robert Burns saw poets in the north of England writing verse in Scots, say researchers who have uncovered a host of ‘lost’ literary works penned by industrial workers in the 19th Century. The team, led by Professor Kirstie Blair of the University of Stirling, has discovered a deluge of poems, songs, and […]
Over the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, the Cut hosted a special screening of Nisha Ganatra’s short film, Rise, followed by a panel discussion about the demands of entrepreneurship and the entertainment business. The Cut’s deputy culture editor, Brooke Marine, spoke with three women straddling both worlds to find out […]
Live training this week: learn the secrets of story structure at our free, live training this week only. Learn more and sign up for free here. One thing I love about writing as a craft is that you’re never “done.” No matter how good you get, there’s always something to learn. I’ve been writing for […]
Congratulations! You wrote a book and you’re now a superhero. Whether you’re traditionally or self-published, here are a few things to keep in mind: You can’t please everyone . The more copies of your books sell, the greater the risk of negative reviews. Since sites like Amazon and Goodreads allow the everyday reader a voice, […]
If, despite its obvious cinematic potential, the Hollywood power brokers haven’t come a-knockin’ for your novel yet, don’t be discouraged; these things can take time. Sometimes they can take more time than you have years on this earth. Case in point: an adaptation of a 120-year-old novella by Henry James is premiering at the Berlin […]
The OpenAI website ChatGPT. ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence system that can produce sophisticated essays on complex subjects in seconds, will become the “calculator for writing,” according to a leading economist. Erik Brynjolfsson, professor of economics and information technology at Stanford University , said the chat bot “will get rid of a lot of routine, rote […]
The relationship between political writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Bob Gottlieb is the subject of “Turn Every Page,” a documentary directed by Gottlieb’s daughter Lizzie. (Courtesy) ( New York Jewish Week ) — Bob Gottlieb, who as editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf and The New Yorker ushered into print some […]
