Only one in three UK children now enjoy writing in their free time – including text messages – with those on free school meals most likely to do so

Eli Cranor tells us about "that look" that writers get sometimes.

“The Italian Lesson,” to be published on Substack over the next year, follows an American expat who finds love in Tuscany. And there’s no mention of Donald J. Trump.

In a prologue to an iconic performance of ‘Proud Mary,’ Turner explained how she revised the song with a radical change of tempo — from easy to rough.

"No matter what the topic of your book, you should be able to find a unique venue for it. I’ve been sold at wineries, hardware stores, and even apparel shops. I’ve just been asked to sell my books during a Biker Week that draws 18,000 people."

If you've ever gotten a romantic letter or poem, there's a chance it was written by a secret professional.

Staffers on late-night shows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers can breathe slightly easier after the hosts and the networks worked out plans to pay crew after t…

A biased "assistant" was able to influence the arguments made in essays.

From proof-reading an email to writing an application to the principal, they were sought to do it all.

The Hollywood writers’ strike continues, and with each day more people in the film industry lend their voices to the call to reach a reasonable settlement. Just yesterday we reported on The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman hitting the picket lines and laying into the practice of mini-rooms, where writers are brought in for a few weeks to outline and script a series before being shut out of the rest of the production process.

Essay - expressive writing to cope with cancer.

Free writing activities provide students with the freedom to express themselves, explore their imaginations, and develop their writing skills.

I have a friend who is a very creative letter writer. Her script is quite artistic and what she communicates is always thoughtful and informative. But another of her letter writing habits is the most remarkable and unique. She always makes her own envelopes. She will take a heavy page out of a magazine with an interesting picture on it, fold it appropriately and seal it with tape. Remove the tape to read what’s inside and unfold the picture for an added gift.

"The reading itself is the thing, and not necessarily the exegesis. I read almost every book I review twice, the first time as a reader, to see if the title holds my interest all the way to a good ending. The second time I go through as a critic, making notes and highlighting passages that illustrate key points or the author’s style."

What is our legacy? What do we leave behind after we’re gone? During the pandemic, many of us pondered these questions. Now, more people are passing on their stories in the form of memoirs. As Jeffrey Brown reports, these books — once reserved for the famous — are becoming more accessible than ever.

Stacey Abrams talked to TIME about the role fiction has played in her life, voting rights and whether she will run for office again.

Writing and reading are skills that some students find quite boring, others find difficult, and some find joy in. Both are actually very beneficial for everyone.

It’s easy for writers to forget to leave these breadcrumbs. After all, you know where the story is going. You’re so deep into the forest that you can’t see the trees, let alone guide someone through them.

British royal family news divulges that the latest person to disavow Prince Harry is the man he made a pretty penny for, his ghostwriter J. R. Moehringer.

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