AI News Agatha Christie ‘Returns’ to Teach Writing in AI-Powered BBC Masterclass by Laura Gordon Aspiring crime writers can now learn from the queen of mystery herself—sort of! The BBC has harnessed AI to create an online writing course “taught” by Agatha Christie, using restored…
Clocked Interviews What it’s like to be the ‘Final Fantasy’ World Lore Creator by Happy If you’ve played Final Fantasy XIV, you’ve experienced Banri Oda’s writing. He tells us what it’s like to be the series’ World Lore Creator, among other things. On paper, writing for…
Lists Tips The 5 golden comma rules that everyone should know by Manning Patston If you start writing using these five handy comma tricks, your writing will be mellifluous, leaving readers incredibly satisfied. Nothing says take a breath, like a comma. See what we…
Clocked Interviews World Lore Creator Banri Oda breaks down how a ‘Final Fantasy’ storyline is written by Tom Cameron Unlike the plot of a novel or a film, writing a video game storyline is a delicate balancing act between expectation, gameplay, user experience, and more. When you’re writing for…
News Talking to your characters won’t make you a psychopath, study says by Mia Montesin A study shows writers hear their characters talk back. 61% say they listen to them. Research from Durham University and the Edinburgh International Book Festival reveals writers’ experiences with their…
Arts News Kurdish refugee detained on Manus Island wins Australia’s top literary award by Molly Lasker Behrouz Boochani couldn’t attend this year’s Victorian Prize for Literature, despite winning the top prize of $100,000. He was elsewhere. A detainee of Manus Island, the Kurdish refugee has been…
News These are the biggest fiction bestsellers of the last 100 years by Molly Lasker The team at Literary Hub have compiled a list of the bestsellers in adult fiction over the last 100 years via data collected from Publisher’s Weekly’s information archives. It’s interesting looking…
