Usually when I sit down to write, I have an essay idea in mind, and I’m trying to write it from start to finish. There are other ways to spend your writing time that can both make the process more enjoyable and improve your output. 1. rewriting great writing Henrik Karlsson describes this in a comment: The one deliberate practice thing that I have found valuable is rewriting great writing from memory and compare it to the original - that helps you notice what good writers do that you don’t.
