When was the last time you wrote something by hand? Was it a stylus signature at a checkout stand, a kitchen calendar ...

Ellen Blum Barish (C81, GJ84) is a Chicago-area writer and adjunct writing instructor at Northwestern. Tell us what you think. E-mail comments or questions to the editors at letters@northwestern.edu.

“When you have to write in complete sentences with narrative structure, it’s really hard to hide sloppy thinking,” the Amazon founder once explained. He’s not the only super-smart business thinker who ...

My last article detailed the results of an experiment in using GenAI to write a variety of work-related messages. In general, I found that GenAI struggles with some of the same problems many of my ...

Copywriters must write copy for their audience that is clear, educational and organized in order for the customer to be persuaded to purchase a good or service. Methods like mixing short and long ...

One of the most popular posts I’ve written for my Psychology Today, Soul Console, is “How to Make Writing a Sacred Practice With ‘Scriptio Divina.’” Scriptio divina is a modern twist on an ancient ...