{"id":599,"date":"2016-10-14T13:37:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T13:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/?p=599"},"modified":"2016-10-14T13:37:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T13:37:49","slug":"finding-time-to-write-college-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/2016\/10\/14\/finding-time-to-write-college-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Time to Write: College Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been told numerous times that the more I read, the better I write and the more I write the better at it I become. I believed it then and I still believe it but there is a problem with it as a college student. I don&#8217;t have a lot of time to write. I am an English major so many people stereotype me and say that I read and write a lot; but the fact of the matter is I don&#8217;t have a lot of time to write and when I do write it&#8217;s for a class. The question then becomes &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a lot of time to write. How do you find time to write?&#8221; My answer to that is, you make it. If you want to become a better writer you have to make it a priority. It is all up to you. Find your best writing spot and start writing. Have writer&#8217;s block? Here are some suggestions for writing: keep a journal and write about your day, how you feel, what&#8217;s bothering you, what classes are difficult. Sit outside when you aren&#8217;t busy and write about your surroundings. Write a fictional story using events from your life and use different names.<\/p>\n<p>Now go forth, make time, and write.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been told numerous times that the more I read, the better I write and the more I write the better at it I become. I believed it then and I still believe it but there is a problem with it as a college student. I don&#8217;t have a lot of time to write. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}