It's All in The Head

As often as I admire people who could write complicated reports on the fly, or do wonderfully creative things, yesterday I realised that all that came from hours and hours of practice and observation. I had been playing with databases for ages, so for me it was all second nature. Trying to teach it to others, I could see how complicated it all seemed. Assuming it was all the same, then I probably could learn to write faster if I was more rajin about putting my thoughts on electronic paper. Same would go to my technical writing and thinking - it would probably get easier if I had more practice. The question is, where and how do I get the practice that I need??