Editor’s note: Poynter announced that the newly renamed 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will feature a category honoring longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark and recognizing compelling short writing ...

Malcolm Gladwell once said, “Writing is not the time-consuming part. It’s knowing what to write about.” This rings true long before you ever put pen to paper—or fingers to keyboard in our case!

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At its core, Irena Smith’s job as an independent college counselor means being a writing coach. With a PhD in comparative literature, the former Stanford admissions officer helps her teenage clients ...

Whenever I see a historical novel that’s clearly a historical novel — the curlicue cover fonts, windswept beaches, hooped dresses, moody Renaissance hues, tall-masted schooners, maybe a helicopter to ...

I have been grading student essays for many years. Reading good essays is what every teacher wishes for yet rarely gets--a revitalizing and uplifting experience. More commonly I read bad essays.

With more than 80 of the world’s top writers in the Holy City from Nov. 7 to Nov. 16 for the packed, world-class Charleston Literary Festival, let’s peek inside the minds of three writers who will ...

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