<p>It is nearly impossible to overstate the benefits of being able to write well. Even more so than effective public speaking, a solid ability to communicate your ideas in writing will make or break ...

I've been excavating in my basement storage room to get rid of stuff I'll never need — and discovering treasures I'll never part with. For example, a letter from my cousin David Herzbrun, written from ...

Photo by NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images On writing, author David Sedaris once said, “You need to do the best that you can do, and then you need to take the best that you can do and ...

Short sentences are most effective when used rarely; continually using short sentences creates stilted, awkward prose. However, neither should you start writing paragraph-long sentences! Rather, you ...

I vividly recall when an editor in chief invited me to publish in a well-known journal. Fresh from defending my dissertation, I still grappled with understanding how publishing worked in academia—like ...

Writing essays can be tough. It requires good writing skills, the ability to research well, cite sources properly, organize ideas, and more. If you’re stuck and don’t know where to begin, consider ...

If staff members go back and forth trying to clarify a murky email, the team loses time and productivity. Foggy communication also affects engagement as employees tire of trying to decipher unclear ...

A group of students begins an in-class writing test. According to new data analysis, half of U.S. eighth graders have difficulty with long-form writing on tests and classwork that involves reading.

Mark Sidebottom, assistant professor of mechanical and manufacturing engineering, thinks technical writing is critical for engineers to do effectively. “It's something that I've used a lot in my ...