There's a saying that “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” In business and life, communication on all levels is a key component to success, but there ...

First impressions are important. Scientists need to make their work stand out among a sea of others. However, many mistakenly believe that first impressions are formed based only on titles and ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Philip Zelikow, who was behind the 9/11 Commission's report, as the Jan. 6 committee prepares to release its report. What is on your holiday reading list? How about ...

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 ...

The theme of Aristotle’s Poetics is not poetry as we now conceive of it, but the imitative arts. The first book treats especially of tragedy and epic poetry. Because the second book addressed comedy, ...

Editor’s note: Poynter announced that the newly renamed 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will feature a category honoring longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark and recognizing compelling short writing ...

Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at the intersection of technology and the humanities, investigating how perspective can enhance, rather than overstimulate, ...

All television writing can be summed up in one word: economy. TV pilots must communicate the world, characters, genre, stakes, and tone to the audience—all in the span of a single episode. One of the ...

Narrative CVs offer researchers the opportunity to present their careers through their own stories, focusing on achievements, contributions, and broader impact rather than just traditional metrics.

The five-act structure is a plot formula that divides a story into five sections: the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. From these classical explorations comes our ...