writing advice Archives - The American Scholar

Flunking Description

By William Zinsser | 09/22/2017 |

Why I tried to write like a Victorian novelist

The Hidden Music of Words

By Aaron Sachs | 10/11/2016 |

Academics shouldn’t scoff at literary prose—they have much to learn from it

Lagercrantz’s Art of Reading and Writing

By Sissela Bok | 04/20/2015 |

Style of effortless elegance

Learning to Steal

By Kate Moses | 03/16/2015 |

Wrong Is Right

By Ralph Lombreglia | 03/09/2015 |

Forgive Yourself

By Hannah Nordhaus | 03/02/2015 |

The Bookroom

By Aaron Sachs | 02/23/2015 |

Just Jump

By Michael Katakis | 02/09/2015 |

Life Is Too Short

By Sarah Manguso | 02/02/2015 |

A Book to Remember

By Douglas L. Wilson | 01/26/2015 |