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 ...

The past two weeks, I’ve invited you into a process designed to help you overcome your academic perfectionism. The first step was acknowledging the costs of perfectionism, including self-inflicted ...

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 ...