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 ...

Academics in nearly every college or university setting write as part of their careers, and yet few faculty members identify as writers. There are real ramifications to this paradox. Importantly, the ...

I am in the midst of revising a book about writing, which has me simultaneously thinking about writing in the context of what I’m saying in the book and reflecting on the writing I am doing as the ...

Last month, Terry Gross of NPR’s Fresh Air talked to author Stephen King. They discussed the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, in addition to HBO’s adaption of Kings 2018 novel The Outsider. But they ...

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 ...

John Rich didn’t realize that a career as a songwriter and artist was even a possibility when he grew up in Amarillo, Texas. It was when family moved to Tennessee, within hailing distance of Nashville ...