Post Overview
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Expression
2 years ago
+30 30 0National Memoir Writing Month - November 2023
November is National Memoir Writing Month. It's the perfect time to start writing your autobiography. It's not clear to me how November came to be National Memoir Writing Month. I suspect that National Memoir Writing Month was created by s ...
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Expression
2 years ago
+48 48 0Editorial: Huntington Beach will let neighbors censor neighbors' reading choices. That's wrong.
Giving residents censorship rights over librarians and the public crosses a clear line that should never be breached.
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Analysis
2 years ago
+38 38 0Why so many celebrities are releasing memoirs
What's behind the recent glut of celebrity memoirs? Fans can't get enough of the rich and famous, and the stars want a chance to control the narrative.
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Expression
2 years ago
+39 39 0Revelations about Buffy Sainte-Marie's ancestry is having a devastating impact on Indigenous communities across Canada
The CBC report on iconic singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s ancestry is having deep impact in multiple ways across Indigenous lands across Canada.
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Analysis
2 years ago
+22 22 0Can creative writing be taught?
MAYA ROSE FERNANDES I’m a published novelist and short story writer, who also teaches creative writing in Goa. I’ve been doing this for close to eight years.
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How-to
2 years ago
+39 39 0How To Rekindle Your Love Of Reading
Revive your inner bookworm
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Expression
2 years ago
+37 37 0Dear winter, apparently writing a letter to you can help me hate you less
Research suggests writing down your ‘feelings’ about winter can help with seasonal affective disorder. I’m willing to give it a go, writes Anita Chaudhuri
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Expression
2 years ago
+42 42 0The secret life of a ghostwriter
What does it take to lend one's writing to someone else? A ghostwriter who has authored multiple books offers a peek into the world of writing sans the fame.
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How-to
2 years ago
+28 28 0Craft your scary story with these 4 writing tips from Bryant’s Meher Manda
Whether it’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula or Stephen King’s The Shining, horror stories have spellbound readers since Greek and Roman times...
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Expression
2 years ago
+36 36 0I've made thousands of dollars writing trivia questions as a side gig. It helps me pay my rent and makes socializing so much easier.
Noah Sheidlower has made thousands by writing and editing trivia questions for school competitions. He believes it has helped him become a better reporter.
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Analysis
2 years ago
+27 27 0Minnesota inmates find creative outlet, therapeutic benefit in writing programs
The nonprofit FreeWriters offers writing workshops in jails, encouraging expression and reflection as a means of addressing mental health struggles.
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How-to
2 years ago
+36 36 0How to Fix Wordy Writing
A writer and teacher shares a lesson for helping students understand the importance of clear, concise writing, and spotting needless words.
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Analysis
2 years ago
+42 42 0Know Yourself Better by Writing What Pops into Your Head
The exercise of writing down unfiltered thoughts enhances self-knowledge
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Analysis
2 years ago
+35 35 0The Story Behind The Story: How Ghostwriters Shape Public Discourse
Politicians, celebrities, business leaders and influencers from all walks of life increasingly turn to professional writers—ghostwriters—for the literary assistance they need to craft their messages, stories, speeches and online content in a compelli ...
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Current Event
2 years ago
+43 43 028 years ago, a book club began reading one novel. It’s finally reached the end
Filmmaker Gerry Fialka has convened a book group to read James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake,’ a book famously tough to grasp.
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Analysis
2 years ago
+24 24 0Millie Bobby Brown’s debut novel is a bestseller. Why does it matter that the actor didn’t write it?
Our discomfort lies more with how a bestselling celebrity novel reconfigures the book as ‘merchandise’.
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Expression
2 years ago
+48 48 0A Ghostwriter’s Guide for Invisible Women
Do you feel overlooked or overtalked at the office? Don’t get mad, get tactical. Here’s how.
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Expression
2 years ago
+30 30 0Ed Begley Jr. Can Tell You the 3 Best Comedies of All Time
The actor and environmentalist considered hiring a ghostwriter for help with his memoir, then realized as he was writing things down, “This is too much fun.”
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Current Event
2 years ago
+41 41 0Column: The writers' strike was the first workplace battle between humans and AI. The humans won
At a moment when the prospect of executives and managers using software automation to undermine work in professions everywhere loomed large, the WGA strike took on major symbolic weight.
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Expression
2 years ago
+3 3 0What does Stephen King think about AI writing fiction?
Answer: It has “a certain dreadful fascination.”




















