Whether you identify as one or not, everyone is a writer. Between social networks, dating profiles, blogs, and the day-to-day tasks of most jobs, writing is an essential skill. In How to Write Short, ...

(Editor’s note: “How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times” is the fourth in a series of writing and language books written by Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark and published by Little, Brown, beginning ...

David Kipen, book critic for The San Francisco Chronicle, reviews Alex Frankel's Word Craft: The Art of Turning Little Words into Big Business, about the art of choosing a corporate name and creating ...