{"id":15139,"date":"2021-02-01T21:03:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T02:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=15139"},"modified":"2021-02-02T09:27:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T14:27:40","slug":"writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/02\/01\/writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I am currently writing a book, but I have almost no time to work on it. I want to write every day, but I study the whole day and when my free time in the evening comes, I just can&#8217;t bring myself to write. I want to relax and just &#8220;chill&#8221; as they say. Can you give me some tips to motivate and bring myself to write and not lose motivation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing is hard to begin with, and when it&#8217;s pitted against all the other things we&#8217;re obligated to do it often takes a back seat. You *do* need time to recharge, so try not to pit it against that. Find a 20-30 minute time in the day you can commit to writing, even if &#8220;writing&#8221; ends up meaning sitting in a chair looking at a blank screen sometimes. You may need to pull time away from other obligations. Meanwhile, don&#8217;t expect magic. Writing is hard work, so be kind to yourself. I highly recommend Anne Lamott&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bc-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/f\/l6ucgu\/ALMA-BC21322030990001021\">Bird by Bird<\/a> to put you in the right mindset: disciplined, but also able to laugh. Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am currently writing a book, but I have almost no time to work on it. I want to write every day, but I study the whole day and when my free time in the evening comes, I just can&#8217;t bring myself to write. I want to relax and just &#8220;chill&#8221; as they say. Can &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/02\/01\/writing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Writing&#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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15139","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=15139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15145,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15139\/revisions\/15145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}