{"id":2991,"date":"2016-02-10T04:06:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T04:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress2\/?page_id=2991"},"modified":"2016-02-10T04:06:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T04:06:40","slug":"no-time-to-write","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/writing-tips\/no-time-to-write\/","title":{"rendered":"No Time to Write"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have often heard people tell me that they don\u2019t have time to write. I have news for you. NO ONE has time to write. In fact, if you took six months off from work with nothing else to do except write, I suspect you\u2019d get nothing written.<\/p>\n

Career writers incorporate small writing chunks into everyday life.<\/p>\n

Here are some tips for squeezing in writing despite a heavy schedule:<\/p>\n

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  1. Leave the work-in-progress open on your screen at all times.<\/li>\n
  2. Work on it in small increments. If you have only enough time for a paragraph, that\u2019s fine.<\/li>\n
  3. Multi-task \u2014 I have a desktop built onto a treadmill in the basement so I can write and walk at the same time. When I go to the gym, I bring a book, either to read for pleasure, for a review, or for research. Doesn\u2019t work on the weight training days, but it\u2019s a great way to not notice how long you spend on the stairclimber, elliptical or bike.<\/li>\n
  4. Either go to bed after everyone else or get up before everyone else. Those quiet times give you writing chunks.<\/li>\n
  5. Write on the weekend. Write at soccer practice, in waiting rooms, on the bus, in the airport, on holidays.<\/li>\n
  6. Revise copiously in your head so when you finally have a chance to get it on paper, it\u2019s more polished than an early draft.<\/li>\n
  7. If you get painted into a corner on one manuscript, pull out another and work on it. Switching back and forth can prime your creativity on both stories.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I have often heard people tell me that they don\u2019t have time to write. I have news for you. NO ONE has time to write. In fact, if you took six months off from work with nothing else to do except write, I suspect you\u2019d get nothing written. Career writers incorporate small writing chunks into … Continue reading “No Time to Write”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2991","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2992,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2991\/revisions\/2992"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}