Biographies are usually written about people. But a 2018 book from Nate Blakeslee takes on a different subject. He writes about the life of a wolf. The subject of Blakeslee’s biography is O-Six, a female wolf who lived in Yellowstone…
What holiday traditions does your family have? Do you light candles, decorate a tree, or bake delicious food? The sights and sounds of the holiday season are often some of the most memorable. This makes them a great source of…
Many stories, even fictional ones, are based on real stories and people. Sometimes, writers get permission to write about people, but other times they just change the details of a story so that it's not recognizable as one specific person.…
Author and writing teacher William Zinsser died in 2015, but his writing advice still lives on with many famous writers. Among the advice he gave writers was to get rid of clutter in writing, to write for yourself, and to…
Writing well can be challenging. In this article famous writers give advice, such as trying out sentences in your head to see if they sound good, reading other writers' work, and learning different sentence structures. It's also important to use…
Telling a true story can come in many forms, including a narrative essay. Narrative essays can be a good way to tell stories from the writer’s life, and they are often written in first person and in great detail. These…
When writing, it is never okay to use someone else’s words and say that they’re your words. This is called plagiarism. Schools have serious penalties against plagiarism, and writers for newspapers, TV shows, and websites can also get in trouble…