Here is a common scene: A supervisor agrees to write your letter of recommendation with one condition—you draft it. Shocker. We, too, were surprised the first time this happened to us. We assumed ...

Emily Johnston, a writing studies professor at UC Merced, has researched how the act of writing rewires the brain to build ...

American writing instruction has always involved some level of torture. What happens when technology makes it easy?

Your instructor may ask you to include a writer's letter (also called a writer's memo, writer's note, or cover letter) with your writing assignment. A writer's letter reflects on your process of ...

The holiday season offers a good excuse to sit down and write a letter to someone you’ve been out of touch with, an exercise that benefits you and your recipient more than you might expect. Studies ...

The earliest record of the cover letter for employment dates back to the 1950s according to The Atlantic, and has been used ever since as an addition to resumes, for candidates to prove to potential ...

Finally, I can provide my graduate students with an impassioned defense of unclear academic writing. I give my students readings on how to produce clear academic writing. I show them how to make ...

The Dr. Carol B. Berz Family Justice Center (FJC) will welcome nationally-recognized leader Casey Gwinn, founder of Alliance for HOPE International and visionary of the global Family Justice ... more ...

Borrow a little wisdom from WWI love letters — and write a valentine that truly means something.