From news to stories via an AI-supported retelling process.

Edirlei Soares de Lima, MA Casanova, B Feijó, AL Furtado

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Abstract

This paper explores how AI-driven storytelling can transform news articles into fictional narratives using structured retelling techniques. We introduce NewsReteller, a system that explores the generative capabilities of Large Language Models to create stories from news content through three distinct approaches: genre-based storytelling, which adapts narratives to established literary styles; structured storytelling, which reshapes events using predefined biased schemes (story skeletons); and data-driven storytelling, which emphasizes factual clarity and analytical framing. To assess the system’s ability to reinterpret factual content, we generated multiple stories from a single news article using each of these approaches. The results illustrate how different retelling strategies influence narrative framing, thematic emphasis, and information presentation, highlighting the potential of our method to generate creative reinterpretations of real-world events.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEntertainment Computing – ICEC 2025 - 24th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, 2025, Proceedings
EditorsMaki Sugimoto, Angelo Di Iorio, Pablo Figueroa, Ryosuke Yamanishi, Kohei Matsumura
PublisherSpringer
Pages334-348
Number of pages15
Volume16042
ISBN (Electronic)9783032025555
ISBN (Print)9783032025548
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume16042 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Keywords

  • AI-driven Storytelling
  • Large Language Models
  • Literary Genres
  • Narrative Journalism
  • News Articles

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