Meaghan Wilson Anastasios

Author of 'The Water Diviner,' now a film with Russell Crowe, and screenwriter of 'The Pacific with Sam Neill.'

The art of storytelling and why it’s not going to die anytime soon Once upon a time, there was a moment in human history when one of our ancient ancestors looked down at her or his hand and thought, “What the fuck am I? Where did I come from? What am I doing here? And, …

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I’m fairly sure it’s not this. “Convincing” doesn’t mean “real” OK, I’m going to say it. Plugging some prompts into ChatGPT and calling yourself a writer is like putting a frozen TV dinner into the microwave, pushing some buttons, and calling yourself a chef. Photo by Stepan Kulyk on Unsplash Generative AI is a compiler …

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Three things have crossed my desk over the past week that have made me think about the future and the world we’re making for ourselves. They also got me thinking about the number one way we can future proof ourselves and our way of life as a tsunami of technological breakthroughs led by mind-blowing advances …

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The pressure creatives feel in challenging times No matter what creative field you’re in, you do what you do because you’re attuned to the world and the people in it, so when that world is in trouble, it can be a struggle keeping perspective about the things going on around you. Allowing the creative muse …

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