I still think about the feedback I got on one of my first history essays in high school: “good writing, but you rely too much on semi-colons and em dashes.” It was true — I overused these punctuation...

Dear Life Section, I graduated high school last May, but I am still not confident in my essay-writing skills at all. Do you have any tips on writing a professional-sounding essay? Sincerely, Please...

Los sueños en 100 palabras: Dreams in 100 words. The theme of the third annual Spanish creative writing contest was “Los Sueños en 100 palabras,” or “Dreams in 100 words.” Hosted by the School...

Some people have their first pen pal as a kid in elementary school, if at all, but might lose touch or interest in pen palling again. I am here to remind you of the fun and unique experience that is pen...

Chigozie Obioma, author of “The Fishermen” and English professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is the featured guest for WSU's Visiting Writers Series fiction reading at 7 p.m. Feb. 10. The...

The WSU Visiting Writers Series is holding its first event of the spring semester, a literary reading at 6 p.m. Jan. 27 on YouTube. Guest Ryka Aoki is a poet, author and performer. Her newest book,...

If you do not want to be criticized, do not create anything. In different areas of art, such as drawing, music, poetry and writing, authors can face negative opinions about their work. It happens very...

English and history are both writing-heavy majors. Majoring in both myself, I find I am rarely faced with an exam but instead always have an essay to write. The way I approach essays for English versus...