Welcome to a new series, “The Public Writing Life,” about how to write for a popular audience (and get paid for it) when you are part of the academy. There’s plenty of good writing advice out there, ...

“Do you have any advice for writing about people who do not look like you?” I was at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference this summer, on a panel of writers of color. We talked about our concerns, from ...

I own a market research company, so I understand the importance gathering data from your target audience and using that data in order to make product development, marketing and strategic business ...

Talking out composing decisions is highly developmental. Students gain new insight into the writing process through discussion with a more experienced peer and learn rhetorical thinking through ...

Writing Across the Curriculum (or WAC) is a pedagogical movement that has flourished at colleges and universities across the US for more than 40 years. Throughout its history, WAC has shown that ...

While it’s easy enough to sit down at a computer and open up a word processor to start writing, it’s also extraordinarily easy to get distracted by all the other things your PC (or tablet, or phone) ...