Given that I put myself through four years of undergrad English lit and two of graduate creative writing seminars, it’s probably no shock that I value the ability to write well highly. But it’s not ...

Omit needless words. Don't write what you wouldn't say. Ditch clichés! Use zeugmas and anapests! Avoid zombie nouns! That first rule — omit needless words — comes from the classic language stylebook ...

Editor’s note: We’re resurfacing this article to remember Harold Evans after his death on Sept. 23. It was originally published on Dec. 27, 2018. Early in my career, I had the chance to work with ...

I'm an English professor, and I spent the first 15 years of my career trying to write like one. You might be surprised by what that's like. We don't emulate the fiction writers we most admire. We too ...

William Zinsser, author of the classic guide On Writing Well, talks to Michele Norris about the challenges of writing personal history. He says that since the 1990s, many memoirs have focused on ...

In the beginning was the word. —John 1:1, wondering how it all began It’s all text. —Rosamel Segundo Benavides Venegas, during his early postmodernist period Source: BrAt82/Shutterstock Good writing ...

It is not enough to be a good scientist. One needs to be a good communicator. When publications are clear and a pleasure to read, they will advance both the field and the authors' reputation. You have ...

Ironically, that most English of universities, Oxford, fuels the current conniption about American collegiate writing. Oxford educated lawyer and Rhodes Scholar turned journalist, Nick Kristof, ...