In my experience, the best authors enhance their stories by building on a variety of elements from existing worlds, so that the reader is both pulled in by familiarity and captivated by the novelty of ...

What I learned about writing and storytelling from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer There may be no more efficient example for teaching the elements of story than the story of Rudolph, just 88 words.

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Deborah Treisman interviews the writer Han Ong about his story “Ming,” which appears in the January 20, 2025, issue of The New Yorker.

One of the cherished elements of Story Collective is that submissions are open to everyone through the organization's website. Each time, a prompt theme is given.

I’ve spent the past five years working with computer-generated text systems as part of my PhD work in human-AI interaction, and talking to writers about how they do—or do not—want to ...