For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to be a writer in some capacity or another. Growing up, I spent all the free time I had working on angsty teenage love poems and cringe-worthy ...

The former editor of this paper, Ben Trollinger, asked me to start writing a weekly column, rather persistently, for more than a year. I think he was looking for an authentic, accurate progressive ...

Note: In the “Are You Working?” series, a Ph.D. and academic-writing coach answers questions from faculty members and graduate students about scholarly motivation and productivity. This month’s ...

Matthew Johnson is an English teacher from Ann Arbor, Mich., and the author of Flash Feedback: Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster – Without Burning Out (published by Corwin Press). His ...

If you want to become a writer, you have to write. I am going to continue saying this, like a mantra, because it is truly the most fundamental habit required in order to write well. I want you to ...

A single sentence from a faculty mentor cut deeper than I expected—because it wasn’t the first time my voice had been questioned. I spent decades believing I was not good enough to become a writer.

Sixteen years ago, I had a eureka moment. Military life, overseas tours, deployments and raising three children had rendered my legal career not only stale, but practically impossible. I worried that ...

You mostly get to see my nerdy writing on network storage and Android phones. While that’s creative writing too, my other hobbyist side leans more into the niche with write-ups like essays, short ...