Why Writing Sounds the Same When it comes to practical advice, Macfarlane tells writers to make sure their voices are distinct and that they don't sound like everything else out there. You are your ...

The habits that make readers quietly wonder — even when you wrote every word yourself.

Let’s be honest—grammar isn’t the most exciting topic. It reminds most of us of red marks on school essays or confusing rules that seem to trip us up. But what if grammar wasn’t about rules at ...

A recent study conducted last October at the University of Birmingham found that exposure to poor grammar can lead to physical stress. The researchers studied 41 adults and exposed them to grammatical ...

Robert Frost once wrote that of modern poets he alone was trying to create poetry out of what he called “the sound of sense.” He wasn’t; there were other poets at the time trying to create the same ...

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