In today’s digital age, we are witnessing a shift from traditional forms of communication to electronic methods. With typing on keyboards and touchscreen devices becoming an essential part of our lives, cursive writing seems to have lost its relevance. While some may argue that learning cursive is no longer necessary, there are still plenty of […]
The first job I ever had was in a small town in northern Quebec, deep in the French-speaking part of Canada, at an astronomy center that had fewer than five visitors each day. There were seven of us on staff. It was before mobile phones, back in the days of analog boredom, when we had […]
I met Paul La Farge 45 years ago, in January 1978. I was on my way out the door with a suitcase when the telephone rang. The phone sat on a shelf beside the door so I could answer without putting my suitcase down. Tom La Farge, the friend of a friend, introduced himself and […]
Creative writing is a form of writing that involves the use of imagination, originality, and creativity to produce a literary work that is both entertaining and informative. It requires a unique set of skills and techniques to master the art of creative writing. In this article, we will discuss the top 10 creative writing strategies […]
This post was written by Ream Shukairy, author of The Next New Syrian Girl. So what is halal romance anyway? It’s the bashful courtship and painful boundaries in a Jane Austen novel. Or it’s the romantic tension between two main characters over 14 episodes of a K-drama where every glance or brushing of hands is […]
USU’s Creative Writing & Art Contest has named the winners in its 30th annual competition, recognizing the best creative work by USU students. Open to all USU undergraduate and graduate students from all departments and disciplines, the contest awards top writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, as well as visual artists in drawing, painting, […]
Freewriting is a technique used by writers to unlock their creativity by writing without any restriction or self-censorship. It is a process of letting your thoughts flow freely on paper without worrying about spelling, grammar, punctuation, or even making sense. The idea behind freewriting is to get rid of your inner critic and allow your […]
Even as Renee Gladman’s well-regarded, category-defying writing practice has turned from writing proper toward asemic drawing, that work has been available mainly in book form. Her 2017 Prose Architectures — inky scribbles that resemble sketches of urban architecture, blocks of indecipherable handwriting, or both — was the first publication in this direction for a writer […]
Savvas Learning Company, a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, announced today that it has acquired Whooo’s Reading and its AI-driven technology that enables teachers to quickly and easily determine whether their students comprehend the books they are reading. Savvas Learning Company, a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, announced today that it has acquired Whooo’s Reading […]
Key points Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can produce effective summaries of text. ChatGPT was able to provide a good summary of the replication crisis in psychology and proposed solutions, an area the author is an expert in. Using large language models to produce basic summaries of text can speed up writing, but it […]
