As the school year begins, be ready to hear pundits fretting once again about how kids today can't write—and technology is to blame.

A professor of writing and rhetoric at Stanford University has organized a mammoth project called the Stanford Study of Writing to scrutinize college students' prose.
Her conclusions might surprise you. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

There seems to be therapeutic benefits in writing about personal experiences, thoughts and feelings. Besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

David McKenzie, a Washington state man's shambling sentence about screaming seafarers on the sturdy whaler Ellie May stood shoulders above the rest in an annual bad writing contest. picked by bingo 5 months ago

The cottage industry of “how-to” manuals for dreamy souls who all seem to believe there’s a novel deep down inside of them is a huge market picked by nyinquirer 3 years ago

Very good site with a lot of free stuff and custom writing service. I am not affiliated in anyway with this link. Just thought I'd share it with you. picked by project5321 2 years ago

As part of the ongoing push to make the site more "encyclopedic", there is a system in place that allows volunteers to flag up dubious articles for deletion. picked by KerOBeroS32 2 months ago

So you're a writer and would like to earn some money from online sites for your work? Writing sites like these are mushrooming and there are worries of scams amongst them. Here are 9 sites which are legit and pay their authors picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Want more clicks? Read these articles on sure-fire headline formulas that work. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago

When it comes to writing articles, many of us use brainstorming to come up with article ideas. As nice as it is to know what to write about, you also need to know what to write. There are times when this can be just as difficult as deciding what to write about. One of the ways to solve this problem is to use an outline. In fact, an outline is a tool that can help save you time and even stress. picked by tags78 2 years ago

Most of us think that job writing needs high academic degree. But, this is not necessarily a prerequisite for job writing. All you need to do is to write it keeping in view of the reader. picked by freelancewriting 2 years ago

Jack Robertson, superintendent of the Governor Wentworth Regional School District, said the teacher asked students to respond to the question: "If you knocked your brother down, would you urinate in his mouth?" picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A news aggregation site will start letting its users influence the placement of articles by voting on items they like or dislike. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Let me just say, spell-check is not your friend. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

A man who found himself trapped inside a store recently in Malmo, Sweden, eventually escaped by writing messages on the window in his own blood. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Some authors like a challenge.Gadsby is a famous example as the book does not have the letter e. Others write without verbs, or maybe no vowel but e. “Cadaeic Cadenza” (headline link) is a 3834-word story by Mike Keith where each word in sequence has the same number of letters as the corresponding digit in pi. (3.1415926535897...) picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Five lines of ancient script on a shard of pottery could be the oldest example of Hebrew writing ever discovered, an archaeologist in Israel says. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Example:
Don't use no double negatives. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

The Onion has compiled all of it's Michael Jackson related articles from years past. picked by orfnerwerdna 5 months ago

For anyone who writes a lot, try Dark Room, a program which gives you a black background and green text, so you can write without any distractions like, say, Plime (gasp!).

Free, but Windows only, though Mac users can have WriteRoom (which costs $24.95 to buy). picked by TheStep 3 years ago

No-one's saying that if you follow these rules you'll be able to write as well as Kurt.

At the same time, no-one's saying you won't.

Whatever the end result, this is very sound advice picked by pocksucket 2 years ago