Re “Why I Write My Obituary Every Year,” by Kelly McMasters (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 29): I felt so connected to Ms. McMasters’s essay. Like her, I started this ritual when I was a child. Back then ...

It's been more than 10 years since writer Ali Novak released her super popular "My Life with the Walter Boys" on Wattpad, a free online reading platform. Since then, the "Vampire Diaries"-inspired ...

North Carolina might be more closely associated with the Grand Ole Opry than with grand opera. This year, however, Greensboro native Rhiannon Giddens shared the Pulitzer Prize for music for her opera ...

“Well,” the wife said, “let me help you out. I’ll tell you what not to write. Do not say I was the life of the party, that my smile lit up a room, or that I never met a stranger. Those phrases, while ...

I assigned a writing prompt a few weeks ago that asked my students to reflect on a time when someone believed in them or when they believed in someone else. One of my students began to panic. “I have ...

Mr. Petrow is a contributing columnist at The Washington Post and the author, most recently, of “Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old.” On the day before my sister Julie died, I lay down on her bed ...

It's been more than 10 years since writer Ali Novak released her super popular "My Life with the Walter Boys" on Wattpad, a free online reading platform. Since then, the "Vampire Diaries"-inspired ...