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If It’s Good Writing, So What if They Used AI?
If it’s good writing, so what if they used AI? That’s the question at the heart of a recent essay by writer Abi Awomosu, “Writing Was Never a Test of…
New Ideas Legal Tech
How Hard Should You Try To Avoid Sounding Like An AI Robot?
By Jerry Lawson
When did "write clearly and persuasively" go from being a goal to being evidence of robot writing? A Wall Street Journal piece this morning discusses writers deliberately degrading their own…
Althouse
"The big-picture reality is that many novels are poorly written."
By Ann Althouse
"They can still succeed with readers because fiction, like music, is a forgiving art form. Just as a good song can have a groovy beat but a predictable melody, so…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Is AI Killing the Em-Dash?
A colleague recently asked me for feedback on some writing, and when I sent back revisions changing his en-dashes to em-dashes, he asked if I was working for ChatGPT. I…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Writing as Generosity: Brenda Ueland’s Message for Lawyers
In 1938, a writer from Minneapolis named Brenda Ueland published a seminal book on writing. Her message was simple: everyone is creative, everyone has a voice, and everyone should write.…
Future Lawyer
Life As A Minor Poet.
By rickgeorges
I know that I will never be what, in academia, is called a "major" poet. I will be relegated to stacks of the great library in the sky. But, that…
The Attorney Marketing Center
Writing non-fiction without an outline?
By David Ward
Whether you’re writing an article or blog post, a memo to your client or your file, a brief or a demand letter, outlining before you write is almost always recommended. …
Southern California Appellate News
DJ appellate columns today & CMS 18th ed.
Today's DJ has PJ Gilbert's monthly column, titled Short -- In August, when both minds and readers are on vacation, I reflect on the art of brevity in writing and ponder the…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
AI is Changing the Way We Write – and Blog
Well known technology writer, now also a venture capitalist, Om Malik wrote this week that AI is changing writing. The best part of the Internet is that it is always…
The Attorney Marketing Center
Ai ain’t Cyrano
By David Ward
Ben Settle was talking about email copywriting, but it applies to any kind of writing if your objective is to get someone to do something, buy something or believe something. …