There is no denying it — headlines are important. In fact, they may be the most important part of your content. A good headline will get people to read your article, while a bad one will cause them to ...

Writers engage in a lot of magical thinking related to our own productivity. Some of us believe we need special writing spots or particular writing implements to get the job done. Others follow ...

Five top science book writers offer advice for budding authors in a series of interviews in Nature's Books & Arts section. Peter Atkins reveals the hard work behind a successful textbook; Carl Zimmer ...

In one sense, the national conversation about what it will take to make sure all children become strong readers has been wildly successful: States are passing legislation supporting evidence-based ...

Author Robin Sloan tells us how machine learning crept into his novels. But can an AI master plot? Writing prose well is one thing--and not easily mastered, either, but plotting is an arcane art that ...

As a doctor, writer, and mother of a middle schooler, I was ready to scintillate the sixth graders when I volunteered for the chicken wing dissection class, demonstrating the exciting connection ...

Human writing and drawing dates back at least 30,000 years and incorporates traditional techniques such as carving, engraving, and printing/writing with ink, as well as more novel methods such as ...

When I first heard the reports of a “mysterious pneumonia” spreading in Wuhan, China, in January 2020, I thought I would write a story or two about it and move on to the next big medical news ...

Learn how to write the trigonometric equation of a graph step by step by identifying the key features that shape sine and ...