It doesn’t open up the tapestry of human experience — it reads like it was written by a shut-in with Wi-Fi and a thesaurus.

The roll and write genre has exploded in recent years. This accessible style of gameplay is derived from the classic board game Yahtzee. Players roll dice or flip cards, and then use the revealed ...

There's no secret formula for how to write a thank-you note, but these tips from etiquette pros will help you get started A thank-you note got me my first real job. As a newly minted college graduate ...

Sometimes writing a letter to someone who has pained you won't change a thing, but it will change and heal you.

The number one tip to writing lyrics is to write them. And write often. Sit down. Stand up. Use a pad and paper. Use a computer. Play a guitar. Play a piano. Just do the thing: write! You’ve got to ...

In my six semesters as an English major, this is the best thing I learned: When in doubt, put the best bit of a sentence at the end, the next-best bit at the beginning, and the rest in the middle. So ...

My organization decided a few weeks back that we needed to hire a new professional staff person. We had close to 500 applicants. Inasmuch as the task was to help us communicate information related to ...

When it comes to great writing, less is more. But even if you're familiar with the mantra to "omit needless words," tightening your writing is harder than it looks. Which words should you omit? How ...

BOSTON — Some disaffected voters, including a few public officials, have vowed to write in the name of their ideal candidate rather than pick among Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and other names ...

Tell me about the dinner party at which the writer James Baldwin and the cartoonist Jules Feiffer first encouraged you to write your first memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Well, I don’t know ...