There is an important and influential type of public writing that scholars have described as the “classic style.” The classic text to teach this style is titled “Clear and Simple as the Truth,” ...

This article is the first part in a two-part series examining the disparities between essay-writing styles in nations around the world. This installment focuses on the American model in comparison ...

Hamlet isn’t the only one to dismiss written compositions as simply “Words, words, words,” without any larger significance or meaning. So, too, do too many of my students, who treat writing ...

With millions of academic papers being published each year—close to an estimated three million in 2020 alone—scholars often struggle to make their work stand out. While no one has been able to nail ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Theodore McDarrah writes about practical philosophy for leaders. This article is more than 4 years old. As a COVID-19 infected man ...

From Jane Austen to James Patterson, every author has their own way of writing. And that writing is often discussed in terms of “style.” Essentially, style refers to “how” something is written — it is ...