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Writing guides tend to be pretty unsatisfying. They offer plenty of concrete rules, but why, a reader might ask, should the rules be followed? The answer is usually “because” — as in, “because I say ...

A mischievous friend recently asked whether I would mind if he tasked one of the artificial intelligence (AI) utilities to mimic my writing about play. He had been pestering me to investigate the ...

It’s been one year since I launched last year’s ninth sort-of-annual local edition of the Bulwer-Lytton Bad Writing Contest. It was the best remedy I could think of for being sheltered at home as the ...