In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) can even generate sentences, what meaning does human writing have? AI-era empathetic writing looks for answers to this question not in technology but in people. The author defines writing not as a matter of acquiring technique but as training to cultivate perspective, attitude, and empathy. The author stresses that the realm AI cannot encroach on, in the end, is people's viewpoints and stories.
The book reexamines the essence of writing from the basics. Part 1, the logic of composition, covers how to build the skeleton of a piece, including the concept of writing, what makes writing readable, finding material, storytelling, and deciding on a title. Through the message only those who write survive, it emphasizes the importance of observing and recording in everyday life.
Part 2, practicing journalistic sentences, shows a training process that treats writing from a reporter's perspective. It lays out writing know-how accumulated in real newsrooms, including the principles of writing a lead, using the five Ws and one H, photos and captions, and how to weed out fake news. Readers naturally internalize the difference between sentences that convey facts and sentences that persuade.
Part 3, empathetic techniques in the AI era, extends to social media (SNS) writing, humor and wit, imagination, reading, and speaking. It makes the case that writing is self-cultivation and leadership training. Part 4, revision, presents ways to refine expression and consider the reader, raising the completeness of a piece.
The author's columns, essays, and commentary collected in the idea notes serve as a device to verify theory through actual writing. Illustrations are included to reduce the burden of reading. After serving at an economic outlet as culture editor, science/venture/SME editor, and managing editor, the author now teaches creative writing and speech and debate at Sungkyunkwan University, and said, "In the AI era, we must devote ourselves to cultivating differentiated perspectives on writing that are uniquely our own and the empathy needed in an era when emotion is disappearing."
Namgung Deok | Travel Graphics | 220 pages | 22,000 won