Category Essays

Essays about the state of the craft.

LitASMR: How Generative AI Is Birthing a New Literary Category

“LitASMR,” is an emerging literary category generated by AI’s safety-aligned training, which produces grammatically pristine, conflict-averse prose designed to soothe rather than challenge. For as long as I have been reading books, the engine of great literature has been tension.…

Outputters and Wammers

A reflection on two emerging modes of writing with AI: output-driven generation and iterative refinement—and why neither fully captures the craft of writing.