Kelly Hanson is a PhD candidate in English at Indiana University, Bloomington. You can find her on Twitter at @krh121910. Everybody writes differently, but most of us use the same software: Microsoft ...

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With millions of academic papers being published each year—close to an estimated three million in 2020 alone—scholars often struggle to make their work stand out. While no one has been able to nail ...

Steven Pinker's new book is "The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century." (jeffrey james pacres/Flickr) As broadcasters, we're taught to write in clear, active ...

Writing research papers allows researchers to contribute to the scientific record, and is critical for advancing their careers. To ensure that the findings they have invested so much effort in makes ...

How many times have you found yourself tweaking the same AI prompt over and over, just to get the tone right? You try to make it sound more like you, casual, professional or something in between, but ...

As the fall semester is beginning its descent to the fast-approaching holidays, I am mindful that slews of papers will soon make their way to me for grading. Reflecting on these writing assignments, I ...

While cursive has been relegated to nearly extinct tasks like writing thank-you cards and signing checks, rumors of its death may be exaggerated. The Common Core standards seemed to spell the end of ...