With rejection and criticism so much a part of the literary experience (and the fact that the income of the average American writer hovers around the poverty line), one has to wonder if writers have ...

“If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.” - Kurt Vonnegut Fellow literature nerds will know that just by naming this piece “Why I Write,” I am inviting ...

“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking,” Joan Didion once said. For some people, writing comes naturally. It’s how they make sense of the world. For others, it’s an acquired skill. I fall ...

If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the page ...

When curricula only focus on strict, narrow assessments, we disenfranchise students from the true power of writing. Writing teaches us to communicate our feelings, identities and our relationships in ...

New research from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) suggests that handwriting practice refines fine-tuned motor skills and creates a perceptual-motor experience that appears to help adults learn ...