{"id":189,"date":"2009-04-23T09:44:38","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T13:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.payne.org\/?p=189"},"modified":"2009-04-23T09:44:38","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T13:44:38","slug":"the-writing-process-that-works-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/the-writing-process-that-works-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The Writing Process that Works For Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For writing, here&#8217;s the approach I&#8217;ve found works best for me, by far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clearly note the purpose &amp; main points (1 to 5)<\/li>\n<li>Write the first draft as quickly as possible<\/li>\n<li>[Maybe] do a light editing pass<\/li>\n<li>Set aside for an hour\/day\/week<\/li>\n<li>Return, edit into shape, publish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Editing is where the real work happens, and I find it easier (and more enjoyable) than writing the first draft.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a rabid fan of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Elements_of_Style\">Strunk and White<\/a> School of Editing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For writing, here&#8217;s the approach I&#8217;ve found works best for me, by far: Clearly note the purpose &amp; main points (1 to 5) Write the first draft as quickly as possible [Maybe] do a light editing pass Set aside for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/the-writing-process-that-works-for-me\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ramblings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}