"I care more about their stories than if it is a perfect five paragraph essay," David Graves, interim director of admissions at the University of Georgia, wrote in an email. Many schools give ...

Dave Reynolds If you ever had a unit on haiku in English class, the brunt of your effort reading and composing haiku was ...

John Warner is the author of Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities and The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing. John Warner is the ...

"We all know that writing five-paragraph essays is not part of the daily routine for most adults. So maybe it's time that ship sails off into the sunset." Theara Coleman has worked as a staff ...