Descriptive writing is a powerful tool that adds life and depth to your writing. Effective descriptions breathe life into your ideas and put the reader in the scene where those ideas live. If I want ...

As a screenwriter, your words have one job: connect. While you control what hits the page, professional writing demands purpose. Every screenplay balances different styles beneath your unique voice.

I talked recently with Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and other books about language and the mind, about his new book, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the ...