The 'Bird by Bird' author and Neal Allen discuss their new book 'Good Writing' and their late-in-life romance.

Two recent experiments highlight aspects of writing instruction that are rarely studied—or taught. Recent research suggests that secondary students can benefit significantly from learning how to ...

Writing is more than a skill, and we risk further declines in literacy if we don't teach it. Artificial intelligence has spawned a new creation, ChatGPT, that can produce well written essays in the ...

Have you ever asked yourself why some writing feels very clear and easy to understand, while other writing feels confusing? ...

HAZLET, N.J., March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Linda G. Turrell, a state conference speaker, columnist, consultant, award-winning instructor, and national judge for instructional media who has ...

THE MARRIAGE PROJECT Authors Anne Lamott and Neal Allen kept wedded bliss intact while writing and editing a book together. Photo courtesy of Neal Allen. Anne Lamott and her husband, Neal Allen, ...

This presentation was given as the keynote address at the National Writers Workshop in Irvine, Calif., hosted by the Orange County Register on April 28-29, 2001. Simplicity is clear. Simplicity is ...

To write a good university essay you have to make your message clear. This means organizing your key points, supporting them with a series of evidence-based arguments, and wrapping it all up at the ...

DISCUSSED in the preceding five chapters were the consistent use of parallel structures as key to writing more readable, more forceful, and more polished sentences. Also, for clearer and more cohesive ...

How can you create a balance between short and long sentences, and how does that change the flow of ideas in your writing? This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences ...