Essays on writing, voice, and finishing the book you started.
Claude Opus 4.7 just identified a journalist from 125 words she'd never published. The mainstream coverage has framed it as a privacy story. For writers using AI to draft fiction, the more important implication is about voice as a measurable craft constraint.
Read the essay →Voice is the most talked-about thing in writing advice and the least well defined. A practical guide to recognising the patterns your prose is already making, protecting them from your own self-editing, and trusting what you've got.
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