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Getting away to focus on your writing even for as little as a week could push you out of your comfort zone and unlock new ideas.

In fall of 2024, I led a workshop for postdocs on how to engage undergraduates in the face of so much competition for their attention. Afterward, when we met for lunch, the postdocs quickly turned the ...

Ulysses is a powerhouse for professional writing –and it's pretty great for casual writing and storing ideas too.

The philosopher Jordan Peterson says, "The best way to teach people critical thinking is to teach them to write... Because there is no difference between that and thinking... You need to learn to ...

Establishing a clear purpose guides the focus and tone of your writing, whether to inspire, educate, or open dialogues about men's health. Selecting the right platform, such as Blogger or social media ...

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 ...

This year I tried a new writing practice in my 8th grade English class, and it led me to an important realization about writing development. Like many great classroom moments, this one happened by ...

Leslie Leonard is a Ph.D. candidate in American literature and American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. You can follow her on twitter @lesliemleo. “Gradhacker” has hosted at ...

I started writing about my grief way before I realized I was grieving. My 5-year-old daughter had just been diagnosed with a rare degenerative disease, and I wrote an essay about how the news was ...