I don’t think students have a real interest in studying bad writing as a way to get better. They know exactly what bad writing looks like and they’re good at identifying it, especially in the ...

One of the less trumpeted features of the Internet is the unprecedented access it provides to really, really bad writing. Of course, awful books have always been with us, but nowadays a specimen ...

In 1946 he wrote “Politics and the English Language,” an essay that explains the connections between bad writing and bad thinking as well as the political consequences: “Modern [insert the ...

Why is so much writing so bad? Why is it so hard to understand a government form, or an academic article or the instructions for setting up a wireless home network? The most popular explanation is ...

Except, when you think about the real-world implications of bad writing, it’s worth considering that better communication leads to a lot of things that make our lives better. Hoover points to ...

CHICAGO – Like a dark and stormy night, bad writing has long shadowed the business world – bureaucratese, mangled memos, the cliche-thick murk of corporatespeak. But in an era of nonstop e ...

CHICAGO – Like a dark and stormy night, bad writing has long shadowed the business world — from bureaucratese to mangled memos to the cliche-thick murk of corporatespeak. But in an era of ...

Send in your worst writing to NPR's Two-Way blog. San Jose State University's Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest honors bad writing. This year's winner is 55-year-old David McKenzie of Federal Way ...

Their film, Bad Writing, looks into a vortex of literary botchery and tries to find redeeming answers. On a cross-country tour, Lott brings viewers to bad writers in their natural habitats—pay ...