Prewriting can be a useful way to organize thoughts, ideas, and questions to prepare for a writing task. Often used as the first step of the writing process, the prewriting stage allows the writer to ...

When writing an essay, it’s important to think about which aspects you would like to include in your paper. For example, are there definitions or background information that you’d like to explain ...

Research and writing once demanded long hours of manual work. Students flipped through books, copied references by hand, and spent extra time fixing formatting problems after finishing their papers.

Writing well takes time. Writing well does not mean just sitting down and beginning to write sentences until you reach the page limit. Starting writing the night before your assignment is due doesn't ...

Writing Tools in the Modern Age. Writing tools have changed the way people think about putting words on a page. What once ...

Of all the pearls of wisdom I’ve picked up over the years, among the most valuable consists of just three words: intuition is bias. The Romantic poets may have believed that intuition offers special ...

Early in our careers, when we were fresh-faced and idealistic (we still are!) the prepackaged curriculum and the advice of more experienced colleagues was the go-to resource. Largely, we were advised ...