{"id":12365,"date":"2020-01-15T20:43:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T01:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=12365"},"modified":"2020-01-17T14:04:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T19:04:46","slug":"i-hardly-feel-creative-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/01\/15\/i-hardly-feel-creative-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"I hardly feel creative anymore&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01162020-02-e1579138768514.jpg\" alt=\"I hardly feel creative anymore. :( I'm in an upper level creative writing class where I feel immense stress and feel like I don't belong. Other students have a lot more writing experience. TAT wonder if I should drop.\" class=\"wp-image-12362\" width=\"295\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01162020-02-e1579138768514.jpg 393w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01162020-02-e1579138768514-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><figcaption>I hardly feel creative anymore. \ud83d\ude41 I&#8217;m in an upper level creative writing class where I feel immense stress and feel like I don&#8217;t belong. Other students have a lot more writing experience. TAT wonder if I should drop. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah, some writers are pretty good at telling stories to make themselves sound bigger than they are. Also, all the writing experience in the world just makes for decent craft: the story itself is more important. Craft comes with diligent work. If this is your passion, fight for it. Show up, and keep showing up. Whatever you decide, I, The Answer Wall, believe in you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01172020-02.jpg\" alt=\"Try drugs?\" class=\"wp-image-12374\" width=\"211\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01172020-02.jpg 430w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01172020-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01172020-02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01172020-02-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><figcaption>Try drugs?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That works for some. Some think it works for them. It&#8217;s not really related to whether you&#8217;re filling the page with words, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, some writers are pretty good at telling stories to make themselves sound bigger than they are. Also, all the writing experience in the world just makes for decent craft: the story itself is more important. Craft comes with diligent work. If this is your passion, fight for it. Show up, and keep showing up. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/01\/15\/i-hardly-feel-creative-anymore\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I hardly feel creative anymore&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12365"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12380,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12365\/revisions\/12380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}