As a writing teacher, I’m bewildered by challenges facing both students with the writing process and teachers desperately trying to impart tips in an effort to make it easier. From writing prompts to ...

A few weeks ago I was teaching a resume writing class when I was asked a question about whether you needed to write a cover letter any more. Interestingly enough, baby boomers said yes most definitely ...

Ever been tasked with writing to accomplish a specific objective? It sounds like an easy job, but when you sit down to actually start writing, you think, “Isn’t there some sort of road map I should be ...

One of the least-examined assumptions among academics today is that being “formulaic” — using established formulas to structure thought — is always a bad thing. In the field of rhetoric and ...