The subtitle brought it back down to Earth: “The problems of using long words needlessly.” Oppenheimer’s study turned up some interesting findings about academic writing that apply outside ...

that some people think words are literally magic. According to one theory, the words we use when speaking and writing are so powerful that they’re actually akin to casting spells. The theory ...

Could you create a world as magical as Hogwarts? If the answer is yes then read on, because the 500 words short story writing competition ... 10-13 and 9 and under. So if fancy yourself as a ...

Klein, executive editor of Arthur A. Levine Books at Scholastic, and author of The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults. Eliot Schrefer, author of Endangered and ...