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NYTIMES (Tina Jordan, Edward Vega, Karen Hanley and James Surdam) - How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence Fri Aug 14 09:00:45 2026

Can our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, guess thrillers from their first sentence? In this game we explore a few of the books from The New York Times’s “50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century” list; and learn a bit more about why opening sentences are so important to get people reading.

AI:The New York Times editorial staff engaged in a lighthearted exercise where book editors attempted to identify specific suspense novels from their "50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century" list using only their opening sentences. This feature explores the narrative importance of introductory lines in driving reader engagement and hook-driven storytelling within the thriller genre.Open

AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Jim VandeHei: Writing with AI Thu Jun 18 01:25:05 2026

Few AI use cases elicit more outrage than writing: Using AI makes writing duller ... dumber ... robotic. It kills thinking ... creativity ... originality. It produces sameness and slop! Why it matters: All that's true — if you, as the teacher or writer, allow it to be true. Lazy AI outsourcing means lazy thinking and writing. Used with persistence and skill, AI can enhance both your thoughts and expression. I'm thinking and writing more and better than ever. But I want to be frank and useful about what I've learned about writing and the limits I've hit since turning myself into an AI lab rat : - Caution 1: I'm 55, a writer by training, went in aware of AI dangers, and am a prolific writer with or without it. Anyone lazily letting AI…