Entering the Threshold of Rest

Have you ever opened a tab in your browser, only to stare at the empty screen for minutes wondering why you opened it in the first place? Or gone into your email inbox to send a very important message, only to get distracted by a new message that just had to be read?...

How to Become a Better Writer

At The Write Practice, we believe deliberate practice is the single best way to learn how to write better. Geoffery Colvin likens it to hitting 300 golf balls with a single club while “continually observing results and making appropriate adjustments.” The...

Harry Potter and the Three Types of Heroes

JK Rowling’s journey with Harry Potter began, apparently, when Harry walked, fully formed onto her London bound train. She knew immediately she had been given a brilliant idea for a book. However, it still took her five years to brainstorm and write the rest. Which goes to show that while the hero might be the central character of the book, if you only have him or her, you don’t have much.

The Simple Formula to Write a Book

The formula to make copies is simple: Put the papers in the copier + press COPY = Copies Made Writing a novel, on the other hand, is a series of such complicated, odd hurdles of the mind that it resists any formula but this: (Pain + Time) × dumb luck (i.e....