Legendary writing coach Jack Hart spent 26 years at The Oregonian and has taught students and professionals of all stripes, including bloggers, podcasters, and more than one Pulitzer Prize winner. Good writing, he says, has the same basic attributes...

Research underlies nearly every aspect of our culture, with expansive investment poured into it and its significance acknowledged by governments, industries, and academic institutions around the world. Yet the idea, practice, and social life of resea...

More than 250,000 copies sold! A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and "Writing Fiction". Janet Burroway's best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America,...

"Wow. No one ever told me this!" Wendy Laura Belcher has heard this countless times throughout her years of teaching and advising academics on how to write journal articles. Scholars know they must publish, but few have been told how to do so. So Bel...

An authoritative how-to guide that explains every aspect of science proposal writing This fully revised edition of the authoritative guide to science proposal writing is an essential tool for any researcher embarking on a grant or thesis application....

"Tell me all about your trip!" It's a request that follows travelers as they head out into the world, and one of the first things they hear when they return. When we leave our homes to explore the wider world, we feel compelled to capture the experie...

Editing is an invisible art where the very best work goes undetected. Editors strive to create books that are enlightening, seamless, and pleasurable to read, all while giving credit to the author. This makes it all the more difficult to truly unders...

Writing, for most of us, is bound up with anxiety. It's even worse when it feels like your whole future – or at least where you'll spend the next four years in college – is on the line. It's easy to understand why so many high school seniors put off...

With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book – or even steady journal articles – may seem like an impossible dream. But, as Joli Jensen proves, it rea...

Do your sentences sag? Could your paragraphs use a pick-me-up? If so, "The Writer's Diet" is for you! It's a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost your verbal fitness. Helen Sword dispenses with e...