How you can Use Three-Act Construction to Write a Story Readers Can’t Put Down

How you can Use Three-Act Construction to Write a Story Readers Can’t Put Down

If you’re struggling to write stories your readers will love, you’re not alone. We talk a lot about structure here at the Write Practice as a way to help you get your stories told. Today, we’ll look at another model you can use to write stories that actually work: 3-Act Story Structure. Every story begins […]



Thix is a hair loss model rooted in realism

Thix is a hair loss model rooted in realism

Hair loss is big business these days. Given that around 80% of men and 50% of women will experience it in their lives, it’s hardly surprising that the market for products and supplements is booming – to the tune of an estimated $23.6 million globally. Hair loss also remains a taboo subject for many people […]



Rebranding Whitney Houston for a brand new viewers

Rebranding Whitney Houston for a brand new viewers

Legacy artists are big business, and labels are using creativity and design to help bring their music to new audiences. Here, we talk to designer Erik Herrström’s about the branding he’s created for the singer Whitney Houston, ten years after her death One of the hottest tickets in music last year was Abba Voyage in […]



Classic Books celebrates the 1920s in newest sequence

Classic Books celebrates the 1920s in newest sequence

While the 2020s might not be off to a roaring start, perhaps we can take solace in looking back to the 1920s instead, which is exactly what Vintage Books’ latest series does. The Vintage Deco series consists of nine novels that bring to life the 1920s, 100 years on. Picking up on the opulence and […]



Journey company Exoticca urges us to stay extra with newest advert

Journey company Exoticca urges us to stay extra with newest advert

Created by Barcelona-based agency &Rosàs, online travel agent Exoticca’s new campaign sees a near-death experience spark a desire to take control and live life to the fullest. Titled What a Time to be Alive, we see the protagonist dodge a falling plant pot and decide to become “the director of his life”. Adopting a film […]



Situational Irony: three Steps to Shock Your Readers With Ironic Twists

Situational Irony: three Steps to Shock Your Readers With Ironic Twists

Do you ever get stuck writing the middle of a story? What do you do when the character’s actions and the consequences begin to feel predictable? It can be challenging to sustain and escalate the story’s momentum through the messy middle. Here’s the good news—situational irony is a literary technique that can surprise your reader, […]



Inside Not Wieden + Kennedy, the company’s new design arm

Inside Not Wieden + Kennedy, the company’s new design arm

“If you could pick the best office to sit in as a designer, wouldn’t it be surrounded by writers, art directors, people coming up with mad ideas? To be part of an organisation that’s thinking creatively in lots of different ways?” Adam Rix is discussing his move to Wieden + Kennedy in London, where he […]



Stream when you stream with Channel four’s transportable pee machine

Stream when you stream with Channel four’s transportable pee machine

4creative designed and prototyped the Stream Free 4000 mobile urinal – which is the star of a QVC-style ad promoting the broadcaster’s comedy box sets Comedy fans won’t even have to worry about getting up for a pee while watching, according to the film, which advertises a fictional portable urinal (as well as the broadcaster’s […]



AI Story Turbines: Prime Instruments and Ethics for AI Assisted Fiction

AI Story Turbines: Prime Instruments and Ethics for AI Assisted Fiction

Have you seen the social media buzz about AI story generators and other artificial intelligence writing software like ChatGPT? The breakthroughs in AI have prompted a discussion about how we write and the ethics of AI-assisted writing. At the same time, there are also real-world uses AI software, including generating story ideas to research papers […]



Vince Frost’s classes on operating a design enterprise

Vince Frost’s classes on operating a design enterprise

Vince Frost is feeling reflective. The designer is in the middle of a long overdue visit to London when CR catches up with him, in what is one of his first trips since the onset of the pandemic and Australia’s decision to close its borders to the rest of the world. It also happens to […]