Has the five-paragraph essay, long a staple in school writing curricula, outlived its usefulness? The venerable writing tool has largely fallen out of favor among influential English/language arts ...

When a friend of mine – I’ll call her Carol – asked me to help with a job cover letter last weekend, I said sure, piece of cake. I write and edit for a living. How difficult could it be to fix a page ...

Writing a strong topic sentence that establishes the subject of the paragraph Using "echo words" -- i.e., consistent terms for the concepts throughout Applying transitions to link sentences logically ...

Once you’ve established yourself on LinkedIn, it won’t be long until you’re asked to write a recommendation — it’s inevitable. Some of us may even have a few requests sitting in our inbox right now.

As a business owner, you might not have much time to write a sales letter, yet it is an important part of a sales campaign. A sales letter does not have to take a long time to write because people don ...

Sociologist Andrew Whitehead started a Twitter thread some months ago detailing his take on various stages of the academic job market. For the cover letter, he gave excellent advice. He suggested ...