As someone who has spent more than two decades helping high school students navigate how to write personal essays for their college applications, I regularly advise them to answer prompts fully, stick ...

Those in the know can spot AI writing from a mile away. Generic garbage with weird phrases and a robotic structure. No personality. No style. Just formulaic words on a page that disengages readers ...

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 ...

You’re here because you want to know how to get ChatGPT to write an essay for you, and I’m here to say you shouldn’t do that outright—but there are ways you can get ChatGPT or other AI services to ...

Does the prospect of writing an essay make you squirm? Do you dread drafting an email? Maybe you should PEE. Not literally (unless you gotta go): It’s an acronym that can help you become a better, ...

Essays. The mere word can make some students groan and break out in a cold sweat. Some of them don’t know where to start, and others wonder, “How do I make my essay better to get a good grade?” But ...

If you still think you can’t write an argumentative essay, think again. Remember the last time you convinced your roommate to get the pizza topping you like. Or that time you ranted on TikTok about ...

Students facing the college application process typically dread one component: the Common App essay. Students are presented with six essay prompts, as well as a seventh option, which is “topic of your ...

Writing is more than a skill, and we risk further declines in literacy if we don't teach it. Artificial intelligence has spawned a new creation, ChatGPT, that can produce well written essays in the ...

Editor’s update: The Economist has published a revised version of its style guide. The first words are the hardest. For many of us writing is a slog. Words drip with difficulty onto the page—and ...