"So, if you have found something that brings you meaning—whether a hobby, a cause, a learning experience or a creative endeavor—but fear that life's constraints will hold you back from engaging in it, ...

This is a subscriber-exclusive edition of I Have Notes, a newsletter in which I share essays, interviews, advice, and writing discussions. I’ve been thinking about the often subtle shift that occurs ...

Teaching students to write is no easy feat, and it’s a topic that has often been discussed on this blog. Penny Kittle teaches first-year writers at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She was ...