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 ...

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 ...

Many people want to write a book, but few actually do it because of how difficult the process can be. I’ve interviewed thousands of business professionals and thought leaders about their books, and ...

For many, writing is a path to healing. It is praised as cathartic, transformative, even redemptive—and often, it is. But as I discovered during my MFA in creative nonfiction, after 35 years as a ...

Writing is not simply a matter of expressing pre-existing thoughts clearly. It’s the process through which ideas are produced and refined. Of all the pearls of wisdom I’ve picked up over the years, ...

This third entry in an occasional series from Roy Peter Clark, who witnessed the Poynter Institute’s founding, explores its history in honor of its 50th anniversary. It would be hard to estimate how ...

My life has changed so much since my time as a Voices of Change fellow during the 2023 school year. As I wrote in my final essay of the fellowship, the beautiful, imperfect school I loved and helped ...