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Emily Johnston, a writing studies professor at UC Merced, has researched how the act of writing rewires the brain to build ...

Writing well takes time. Writing well does not mean just sitting down and beginning to write sentences until you reach the page limit. Starting writing the night before your assignment is due doesn't ...

The Writing Center serves as a resource for all University students, regardless of year, school or major, to receive one-on-one tutoring on any stage of the writing process.

Blinking at you. Waiting for you to say something. In the last few months, I’ve written 20 pieces that have been viewed over two million times. But every time I write, there are still moments where I ...

Far too often, I measure the success of my writing by how much work I produce each day, instead of actually thinking about ...

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 ...

I am in the midst of revising a book about writing, which has me simultaneously thinking about writing in the context of what I’m saying in the book and reflecting on the writing I am doing as the ...

In a natural science, a thesis project might entail a laboratory experiment; in philosophy, it might require a close analysis of a particular philosophical position. Most theses for this department ...