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 ...

Love yourself.” It’s the phrase of the century — it’s on posters, signs, speeches, and every 10th video on Instagram reels. They’d probably put it on fast food bags if eating fast food wasn’t more or ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, ...

This is my last full week to work on my book, and so of course every time I look at it, the problems all but leap off the page at me. A problem might be an entire scene I feel shaky about, or a single ...

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 ...

Most of us think of writing as a means of communication — whether we’re sending a text, crafting a memo, or penning a novel to convey our feelings and ideas to others. And that definitely is a hugely ...

The characters in “Happy All the Time,” Laurie Colwin’s 1978 novel, spend a surprising amount of time being unhappy. “He had never felt so miserable in his life,” Colwin writes of Vincent Cardworthy ...