{"id":608,"date":"2014-10-20T01:05:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T08:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/?p=608"},"modified":"2014-11-04T17:14:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T01:14:34","slug":"writing-time-and-the-process-aint-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/motivational-mondays\/writing-time-and-the-process-aint-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing time, and the process ain&#8217;t easy&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/firstdraft.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-609\" src=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/firstdraft-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"firstdraft\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/firstdraft-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/firstdraft-624x468.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/firstdraft.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some writers are able to complete that first draft in record time. I want that, too. I&#8217;m impatient as the next person to get the story of my latest work-in-progress on the page.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, progress is at a crawl. Writing the first draft has become a real struggle. You&#8217;d think that after some 25-odd novels, I&#8217;d have this process down cold. But ironically, the more my skills in the craft of writing grow and develop, the slower I seem to write. Which is why the above quote is perfect. I came across it at just the right time, when I was doubting myself. Now I understand that no matter how slow and arduous the journey seems, I am making definite progress in bringing this story to life. The story will be all the richer for the time taken.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Until Wednesday, and wishing you progress in whatever you do,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ann<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Connect with me on my Facebook Author page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AnnRothAuthorPage\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AnnRothAuthorPage<\/a><br \/>\nFollow me on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/@Ann_Roth\">@Ann_Roth<\/a><br \/>\nStop by my website: <a href=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\">www.annroth.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some writers are able to complete that first draft in record time. I want that, too. I&#8217;m impatient as the next person to get the story of my latest work-in-progress on the page. Instead, progress is at a crawl. Writing the first draft has become a real struggle. You&#8217;d think that after some 25-odd novels, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[41,42,40],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivational-mondays","tag-first-draft","tag-process","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":610,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions\/610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}