Overview
A veteran writing teacher makes a strong argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can't be replaced by AI In the age of artificial intelligence, drafting an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime writing teacher John Warner: not very much. More Than Words argues that generative AI programs like ChatGPT not only can kill the student essay but should, since these assignments don't challenge students to do the real work of writing. To Warner, writing is thinking--discovering your ideas while trying to capture them on a page--and feeling--grappling with what it fundamentally means to be human. The fact that we ask students to complete so many assignments that a machine could do is a sign that something has gone very wrong with writing instruction. More Than Words calls for us to use AI as an opportunity to reckon with how we work with words--and how all of us should rethink our relationship with writing.
Full Product Details
Author: John Warner ,
Eric Jason Martin
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798228499164
Publication Date: 01 July 2025
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Reviews
""Illustrate[s] that the act of writing is not about the production of words but is, rather, a complicated and deeply human process that involves a relationship between thought, memory, intention, and language."" -- ""Washington Post"" ""In lively prose and with many engaging personal anecdotes, he deftly explains...an impassioned plea for writing as a human practice and a social necessity in the age of AI."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""This lucid and compelling book gives us the tools to reject and resist what's noxious about generative AI and to meaningfully engage with what it means to write, as a human, in a world increasingly overrun by cheap and meaningless content."" -- ""Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine"" ""Warner offers smart commentary on the downsides of AI."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Warner takes what could be a dry, technical subject and enlivens it with plenty of personal experiences and real AI responses to prompts to illustrate his point."" -- ""Christianity Today"" ""Warner's book offers many reasons to feel hopeful about the future of writing."" -- ""Porchlight"" ""Writing is thinking--and if we allow machines to write for ourselves, then we've allowed them to think for us, too. And that is the sorriest thing a human could do. But Warner provides a better path."" -- ""Dave Eggers, New York Times bestselling author ""
Author Information
John Warner is a writer, speaker, researcher, and consultant. The former editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency, he is the author of the books Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. As ""the Biblioracle,"" Warner is a weekly columnist at the Chicago Tribune and writes the newsletter The Biblioracle Recommends. He is affiliate faculty at the College of Charleston and lives in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Eric is an Earphones Award-winner for his narration of Detroit: An American Autopsy. He has narrated over a dozen audiobooks in both fiction and nonfiction. Eric is also the host and producer of the award-winning This American Wife, a popular podcast and now webseries that features original comedy and stories, as well as interviews with authors such as Robert Greene, and Amy Tan. He also works as a theatrical producer, and is based in Los Angeles.
