Writing tips
The other day I received a delightful email message from Nayeon Ju, a student at…
This article was originally published on Sept. 11, 2014. The day after Sept. 11, 2001,…
If I drew up a list of the most popular and productive newspaper writers of…
When I realized that we had marked the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of…
One of the challenges of covering the pandemic is the way in which deaths become…
It’s nearly August and the phrase “back to school” keeps popping up in the news.…
When a friend sent me a New York Times column by Caroline Randall Williams, a…
Greeted this morning by the news of the death of Tom Wolfe — a founding…
The start of your story hooks a reader, but the ending is what leaves an…
You probably became aware of a writer’s “voice” as a child, listening to stories read…
Over the next few months, Poynter will publish shortened versions of 21 chapters of the…
As a reader far more often than a writer these days, I find that I’m…
"Why should I get writer's block?" asked columnist Roger Simon. "My father never got truck…
We writers say we want more praise for our work, but, when it comes, we…
