Too many words about DIDs

Blog post: Too many words about DIDs by Steve Klabnik

didword

Every Bluesky account has a DID: 24 random characters nobody chose. Sometimes they spell something by accident. This checks you and everyone you follow for the longest dictionary word hiding in one.

AI-slop , GrantaGate and Bad Writing

AI writes poorly because it has crammed too much fanfic jargon

How do LLMs affect writing? Talks by visitors to the AI STORIES project | UiB

The AI STORIES project is hosting a day of research talks focused on analysing AI-generated writing, with approaches ranging from the qualitative analysis of a professor of writing to large-scale computational analysis finding that prompting an LLM to edit a text to improve its grammar leads to significiant shifts in meaning.

Over 300 words to use instead of said

desktop version of over 300 words to use instead of said by emotion.

overreacted

A blog by Dan Abramov

Writing Is Designing By Michael J. Metts & Andy Welfle

Discover how words shape UX with Writing Is Designing. Learn to craft clear, human-centered content for apps, chatbots, and software interfaces.

About Pckt Notes & Writers Block - Brookie’s Blog

I'm feeling bad at writing lately. I think that's okay sometimes, not everything has to be perfect... And it's not really perfection that I'm seeking, but it ca...

Don't Write Like AI (1 of 101): "It's Not X, it's Y"

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The Golden Rule for Becoming a Better Writer - T.R Napper

I’m obsessed with the craft of writing. I write every day, I read about the craft often, and in my...

Why is every rationalist blog post way too long? - alex wennerberg

For my piece on Catholic miracle apologetics, I read (correction: skimmed) a 25,000-word post by rationalist blogger Scott Alexander. My piece, which cited (but does not focus on) his, ended up being a cool 2,700 words. I don't think it would benefit from being longer, and it was the result of me cutting around 70% of the text I initially wrote.

How I draft stories

I discovered that trying to write one big blob does not work for me. I can get as far as 2000 words before the volume overwhelms. As with many things in life, breaking it down into pieces helps a lot! This is where most outlining writers suggest a big bulleted

Do You Speak ChatGPTese? Beyond Writing, AI Is Also Flattening The Way We Talk

A study of hundreds of thousands of YouTube videos and podcasts reveals that AI isn’t just changing how we write, it’s subtly altering our spoken language too, raising new concerns about cultural homogenization and who controls the words we use. A study of hundreds of thousands of lectures and podcasts reveals that AI isn’t just changing how we write, it’s subtly altering our spoken language too, raising new concerns about cultural homogenization and who controls the words we use.