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by Harry Potter
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The deadline is not the enemy of good work; it is often its only reliable friend. Given infinite time, a piece expands to fill it and rarely improves for the extra weeks. A firm d…
Jun 29, 2026
The sentence is the true unit of craft — not the chapter, not the argument, but the individual line that either earns its place or does not. Writers who obsess over structure whil…
Jun 25, 2026
Reading slowly is a countercultural act now, and it is worth relearning. The habit of skimming trains the mind to skate across surfaces; the discipline of sitting with a difficult…
Jun 24, 2026
The Sentence Is the Unit of Craft
Jun 23, 2026
To read like a writer is to notice how an effect was achieved, not merely that it worked. It means slowing down at the moment a paragraph moves you and asking what the author did…
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What Publishing Gets Wrong About Writers
Apr 19, 2026
