Jay Parini’s observation that regular, daily writing is highly effective is consistent with the observations of a number of well-known writers (“The Considerable Satisfaction of 2 Pages a Day,” The ...

Early in the pandemic, when we all went home to work and teach, I started looking for ways to ward off the gloom of isolation. The idea I settled on was simple: Ground myself in routine by organizing ...

Whether you’re a professional writer trying to meet a deadline or word count target, or you’re trying to write that first great novel during the in-between moments of your busy life, you’ll know that ...

Across a growing body of faculty productivity scholarship, researchers tend to prescribe one of two avenues for writing success. Many advocate for the gold standard of an hour a day, endorsed by ...

Jesmyn Ward's novel "Sing, Unburied, Sing" is our first pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, "Now Read This." Become a member of the book club by joining our Facebook group, or by ...

At this point every semester, after having emerged from the perilous tides of midterm season, Yale students find themselves watching the waves recede and reveal before them the menacing pincers of the ...

No one was more surprised than poet Maggie Smith that writing herself a daily pep talk during the unraveling of her 18-year marriage actually helped her feel better. Those little missives, ...

Several years just flew by and there’s even fewer days left to live for — does it feel like you’re falling further and further behind your goals? Unfinished and half-baked work, mindless wasteful time ...

When I sat down to write this article, I realized that I’d actually forgotten how to write one. I know this sounds absurd coming from a seasoned writer, but in the adapted words of Ross Geller, “I was ...