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Striking Writers Are on the Front Line of a Battle Between AI and Workers
"If we don’t strike for this right now, the AI technology will advance so quickly that it will no longer be possible to negotiate a fair contract in the context of AI."
GPT-4 Can’t Replace Striking TV Writers, But Studios Are Going to Try
The desire to replace writers with AI is a symptom of the larger problem that the guild is fighting for—which is that companies do not value writers and their work.
The Fantasy, and Folly, of the Home of a Dead Famous Writer
What’s actually there is, on occasion, a history that has been confounded or left out altogether, perhaps by oversight, perhaps by design.
I Self-Published My Memoir and I Have No Regrets
Self-publishing my book didn't just make me money. It was also a great way to build my platform as a writer.
Five Crime Writers Who Turned Out to Be Actual Murderers
The grisly cases in which life imitated art—or the other way around.
Iain Reid Is Canada’s Next Big Author
The comparison to Stephen King may be a touch lazy, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fair.
Chuck Palahniuk Hung Out with 'Separatists of Every Stripe' for New Novel
"So many generations have been raised on bird flu, swine flu, Y2K, Ebola, housing collapse, ozone holes, and peak oil panics that we wouldn't know how to live if we weren't constantly expecting our annihilation."
Dan Harmon Admitted Treating a Female 'Community' Writer 'Like Garbage'
"I’m disgusted and sorry that I stained our show and your talent with my selfish, childish shit."
A VICE Guide to Melbourne’s Emerging Writers' Festival
Plus, win tickets to our favourite event on the bill.
The Definitive Differences Between Real Writers and Fucking Fakes
Do: be depressed as fuck. Don't: accept edits.