The Writer's Pulse

It's amazing how much a change of routine can bring a person out of a slump. Just think of all the times you've ever hit a creative block: you either kept at it, writing something -- anything -- until the grueling end (probably because you had to), or...

It's easy to do something you don't care about. Like playing an unranked match of Battlefield: Bad Company -- since you're not worried about losing, chances are you won't buckle under the pressure, find yourself alone at an enemy base, and get knifed in...

New research from the National Survey of Student Engagement reveals that writing improves cognitive and learning abilities among college students. "When courses provide extensive, intellectually challenging writing activities, the NSSE report found,...