Writing Tools
The National Conference of Teachers of English (NCTE) has declared today a National Day on…
Somewhere in a deep corner of my files, there is a single piece of paper…
This morning on Twitter I awarded The Washington Post’s Sally Jenkins a gold medal for…
The most fun I have as a teacher is when I can incorporate music into…
I met my first real writing coach in 1970. Don Fry was my graduate professor.…
When I arrived at the St. Petersburg Times in 1977, the first writer I bonded…
Earlier this year the editors of American Scholar published a dozen examples of “best sentences,”…
When I wrote “The Glamour of Grammar,” I turned in the manuscript about three months…
The dash is the Kim Kardashian of punctuation marks: misplaced, over-exposed, shamelessly self-promoting, always eager…
We writers say we want more praise for our work, but, when it comes, we…
An Afghan police officer stands guard during a campaign rally in the Paghman district of…
The editors of American Scholar have chosen “Ten Best Sentences” from literature, and readers have…
I like young writers with big ideas. I met Ezra Klein last year at a…
Christmas is just days away, but there’s still time to grab last-minute gifts — with…
Editor’s note: Nov. 19 is the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, arguably the most…
