Harry Potter will now cast magical spells without waving the wand and chanting spells. He wants to write a novel and weave a fantastical world through…wait for it, words.

Yes, Daniel Radcliffe, who played the part of that genius of a wiz kid in the Harry Potter films, intends to come up with a book of his own. Last week a British newspaper quoted Daniel R, stating, “I really want to write professionally in the future. I try and write at the moment. I don’t know if I’m good enough as normally when I write I’m so self-critical that it’s not long before I have to throw away what I write.”

Danny boy, take it easy. You can always turn to a certain Ms J.K. Rowling for professional advice. She might ghost-write for you.

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