On Writing

Hiring Now! (No Humans Need Apply)

By Cal Newport

What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?

The End of the English Major

A teacher’s confession and apology to students everywhere

David A. Sylvester

In teaching writing, we teachers have taught our students all wrong. We’ve taught them to follow dead formulae rather than follow their hearts.

Writer Jonathan Maberry & his horrifying F… word!

By David A. Sylvester

Jonathan Maberry, the best-selling mystery, fantasy and horror writer, shocks and terrifies the LitCrit Industry with his F… Word!

The joy of freewriting, purely from the inner self

By David A. Sylvester

When I hear about freewriting, it feels like … freedom… at last!