Reading and Writing

A must for readers and writers of thrillers: “A group of researchers at the Center for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University...

“In genre fiction, it’s not like that. People usually begin their careers by having their writing rejected by their undergrad creative wri...

“A recently lecturing Englishman is reported to have noted the unenviable primacy of the United States among countries where the struggle ...

“Authors tend to write more miserable books about 10 years after an economic downturn, a study has claimed.” “Researchers compared the num...

“Ten reasons why reading good books is a key to success: * Reading good books has the side effect of inducing feelings of optimism, peace...

Books… “Like any powerful tool, while it is considered to be the key to changing our lives by some, others may consider it to be a weapon o...

“We already knew that good stories can put you in someone else’s shoes in a figurative sense. Now we’re seeing that something may also be ha...

“Love of reading is the key not only to further learning and knowledge, but also to a better and more fulfilled life with unlimited enjoymen...

“In American legal discourse, empathy is often portrayed as less respectable than Satan. Judges are presented as elements in the vast econom...

How do writers come up with story ideas and turn them into novels? “If one idea in particular seems attractive, and you feel you could do s...

“There is an unholy practice to bring fundamentalism, capitalism and even politics into literature and culture. Literature goes beyond any r...

There “is money in books.” … “Don’t expect, however, to find explicit tips on spending, saving, and investing baked into the texts like mes...

“People do not read fiction or watch films as observers. Rather they are drawn to participate in the story, making it reality. This has seve...

“In all the academic fluff that is thrown at us when high-brow people start blabbing about the importance of reading, this is never mentione...

"How come so many people in the world are drawn towards stories and plots that never even occurred!” "If we explore this dynamic ...

What happens when students watch movie adaptations of literary works? “Increasingly in contemporary [...]  schooling, great store is place...

"The majority of mental illness diagnoses are NOS (not otherwise specified.)  It is very likely that future poets will suffer a mood di...

"When we read a thrilling-but-predictable bestseller, “the text sort of grabs us and takes us on a roller-coaster ride,” “and we all so...

"We should question the authenticity of exotic locales that have been tailored to suit American appetites.” … “Americans are famously ...

"Do you ever find yourself in the middle of a conversation when it suddenly feels like you’re floating above yourself, watching the who...