Want to write a novel in 2026? Or maybe 13 novels? Here's how one incredibly prolific writer gets it all done.

One of the key learning outcomes of university education in general, and liberal arts programmes,  in particular, is that ...

It is beyond debate that AI has fundamentally changed the way we write. Writing, a skill that once required rigorous and constant practice, is now often being produced by ChatGPT and other generative ...

Writing has always been the way I process ideas—I often say, “I think with a pencil.” Early in my career, I wrote about my practice simply for myself as a way to keep perspective, capture new ideas, ...

Ms. O’Rourke is the executive editor of The Yale Review and a professor of creative writing at Yale University. July 18, 2025 When I first told ChatGPT who I was, it sent a gushing reply: “Oh wow — it ...

The very best tools to teach writing are so plentiful now that finding the right ones can be a job in itself. That's what this article aims to make light work of for you, by laying out only the most ...

Commentary: By facing AI head-on, my students and I can work on the real point of writing, which is to help you think. Meet industry creators, contributors, and thought leaders who have paired with ...

As I type this, a little gray message keeps popping up. “Help me write,” it offers whenever I pause for a certain length of time. It makes me chuckle, because writing is my job, and then grumble. I ...

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of generating polished, grammatically correct text that meets academic standards, educators face a critical challenge: How can we teach students ...

Over the years, I’ve published a couple of series supporting teachers who were interested in writing education books. I’ve written or edited 13 education-related books. Now that I’ve retired, I’m ...

This third entry in an occasional series from Roy Peter Clark, who witnessed the Poynter Institute’s founding, explores its history in honor of its 50th anniversary. It would be hard to estimate how ...

In the New York Times obituary of Peter Elbow, the giant of composition studies, he is said to have “transformed freshman comp,” which he definitely did, but also, maybe not? Even as someone who has ...