Imagine finishing a film you deeply care about. The performances are strong, the message is clear, the images are beautiful, the sound is impeccable, and the score elevates the film emotionally. The final edit holds everything together. You know you’ve made something...

When I reach the end of an essay’s introduction, I want a clear sense of what the writer is inviting me to think about. A question is enough. So is a situation that makes me want to understand more. What makes writing an introduction difficult is that we often need to...

There is great responsibility in a final line of prose. There is also great danger. Everything written before that single ending line has moved the reader forward (we hope, if the story is well written). It’s at this final line, when there is nowhere else to go except...