I enjoyed Rob Jenkins’s commentary about giving up for years the “five-paragraph” method of teaching writing (“Accordions, Frogs, and the 5-Paragraph Theme,” The Chronicle, February 21). I just wish ...

If you’ve never read a Patterson book, its unconventional structure might take you by surprise. For example: although there’s no “right” way to write a chapter, most readers expect a word count of ...

I remember when writing was easy. In the first grade I’d grab one of those huge pencils we were given (Bill Cosby said they were so large you leaned them on your shoulder) and write in the Big Chief ...