It is difficult to write an academic essay for anyone. You must understand the topic and build an argument. Use evidence. And follow the rules for academic style. The task is even more difficult when you are writing in a language other than your native tongue.
After almost two decades of publishing Wandering Educators, I can usually tell by the second paragraph whether a submission was written by a person or created by a machine.
It is rarely one big thing that stands out to me. It’s a series of smaller things, stacked up and causing unease in my brain: the rhythm, tidy paragraphs, sentences that all land at the same length, like fence posts. There is a complete absence of anything you could point at.
I spend my days juggling human prose and machine-made copy, so I’ve learned to sniff out robotic fingerprints almost on sight. If you’re a writer, student, or content creator who leans on large language models, whether for speed, inspiration, or the occasional all-nighter, you probably worry that your draft will scream “ChatGPT wrote me!” to editors, professors, or search-engine bots. Below, I’ll walk you through the most obvious giveaways I see in 2025 and the practical cures I reach for when a paragraph feels more silicon than soul.
Oh, we have the MOST interesting and important children's book to share with you today!
What does it mean to delve deeply into your life to write a novel? How do you even start? How does an author write deep, diverse characters?
Such were the questions that AJ Frazier worked through to write his new novel, Mariel.
He answered them, and then some, in this fascinating thriller that encompasses extraordinarily complex themes in a new and interesting way.
As a teacher, one of the most challenging tasks is teaching students how to structure their essays effectively.
A well-structured essay not only helps the reader follow the writer's thought process but also demonstrates the writer's ability to organize their ideas coherently. Teaching essay structure can be daunting, but with the right approach, you can help your students master this essential skill. Teaching essay structure is essential for students to express their ideas clearly and logically.
Most students will have to write research papers. However, not all of them really know how to write this type of assignment, and instruction might be difficult to come by. Here’s all you need to know to get started...
One of our favorite authors, Patricia Leavy, delighted us earlier this year with Hollyland, her sweet and romantic celebration of love, living with passion, and who the real movie stars on the big screen of our lives. Now she’s back at it with a love story I couldn’t put down: The Location Shoot.
I've got a beautiful, important read to share with you today. Agora, by Gretchen Gales, with imagery by Christine Stoddard, is a phenomenological chapbook of poetry that meanders city streets while sharing the lived experience of agoraphobia.
Over 15 years ago, Dr. Patricia Leavy first published Method Meets Art, the groundbreaking text that propelled arts-based research into legitimacy around the world. She followed up in 2010 by coining the term “social fiction” to denote fiction that is grounded in scholarly research.