For Writers

BOOK REVIEW For generations, war correspondence has been a hallowed art of journalism, a specialty craft in which even the most deft and skilled writers often fail - or for good reason never endeavor to try.  

Record-Eagle staff writers Brian McGillivary and Dennis Chase won first place honors in national and state journalism contests.  

A pair of seniors at Clear Brook High School have been nationally recognized as outstanding student writers. Savita Bhat and Riddhi Bodani received Achievement Awards in Writing from the National Council of Teachers of English.  

TODAY, we will take a look at Section C of the SPM 1119 paper. This section, which carries a substantial 25 marks, is divided into two parts, reading comprehension and summary writing. Ten marks are allocated for reading comprehension and 15 for summary writing.  

To mark the Bouchercon mystery writers conference - which ends here today with the Anthony Awards ceremony - visiting authors have been writing guest posts on the Read Street blog all week. They discussed the challenges of creating realistic characters and plots, and the craft - or art - of...  

WASHINGTON — Francine Prose has thought a lot about writing in the 35 years she’s been trying to make a living at it. And one of the things she thinks is this: It can’t be taught.  

It's 7 a.m. Thursday in Maria Elena Wakamatsu's Desert View High School creative writing class and her 25-plus students are sitting in front of their computer terminals. As she walks around the small computer lab, Wakamatsu, in a clear, crisp voice, refreshes her students' drowsy memories about...  

NO OTHER place in Mindanao is there a greater pool of creative writers than in Davao, and yet very few know of them.  

This city in a region of mouse ears and outlet malls was once home to Jack Kerouac, and it may be incubating a successor.  

At a Litquake tribute to Tobias Wolff, writer Stephen Elliott described a link between fiction writing and political bent: "Literary fiction is character driven, and to write good characters you have to have empathy, and if you have empathy, you're a liberal."...  

Press Movement Anti-Crime and Corruption Society on Wednesday observed a "black day" by tying black bands on their arms to protest against a write up about Lord Shiva, which has appeared in a Hindi magazine.  

WHY should we write? "We should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living.  

Two former "Seinfeld" writers are teaming up for an indie comedy feature about a pair of mismatched guys forced to live together.  

The creative writing community rejoiced today as BookRix.com, the online platform and social network for writers, announced its public beta U.S. launch. This new social media portal enables aspiring authors to create their own profiles, get feedback on their own online "books," short stories...  

US television writers are warned against accepting work on a new show hosted by the Osbournes in a dispute over pay claims.