Write your name — over and over. You’ll be surprised what you learn. By Jerrine Tan At the start of my first lesson in Chinese calligraphy, my teacher told me to write my name. After I scrawled it out ...

Writing about yourself and your achievements can be daunting. You want to highlight your skills and accomplishments without coming across as boastful or self-centered. The ability to write about ...

Write the name of a place (house, spot in nature, work, restaurant, etc.) at the top of your paper, and then do a stream-of-consciousness writing about that place and see what bubbles up. Pick a ...

I used to believe I taught the one genre that artificial intelligence couldn’t touch. For 15 years, I’ve guided college students through the deeply human work of personal narrative, helping them ...

Last year, I was laid off, and I suddenly found myself with a lot of free time. I decided to do something I've always wanted to do. I started writing a novel. In the process, I learned a lot about ...

You know that feeling. The one where something important sits trapped inside your head, wanting desperately to come out. You open your laptop. You stare at the blank page. Your thoughts feel like ...

In bold, all-caps letters, the phrase shouts back at me. It’s printed on an otherwise empty page in the book cupped in my hands: “The Friend” by Sigrid Nunez. For a moment, it feels as though the ...

In November 2024, I found myself on the receiving end of a companywide downsizing, or layoffs. The news hit hard at first. Those 15 minutes between getting the message (you know, the ominous one, "Can ...