{"id":665,"date":"2018-10-15T07:59:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T11:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/?p=665"},"modified":"2018-10-15T08:04:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T12:04:51","slug":"dealing-with-the-curse-of-the-blank-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/dealing-with-the-curse-of-the-blank-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with the Curse of the Blank Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-panel-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-panel reverse  \"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1157\/blank-page.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"blank page\"><\/figure><article><h1>Blank page staring you down?<\/h1><p>We&#8217;ve all been there: the research is done, and the deadline is looming, but the page remains blank. How do you work through writer&#8217;s block?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This article from <i>Inside Higher Ed<\/i> (2018) offers advice on how to get started, including how to set SMART goals.<\/p>\n<p>SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time specific. Creating SMART goals any time you write can help you spend your time focused on a specific task with an achievable outcome. Who doesn&#8217;t like feeling accomplished at the end of a writing session?<\/p><\/article><\/div><\/section> <!--more--><\/p>\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/advice\/2018\/10\/11\/advice-getting-past-writers-block-opinion?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=a16ec8ddf5-DNU_COPY_01&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-a16ec8ddf5-226677069&amp;amp;mc_cid=a16ec8ddf5&amp;amp;mc_eid=8933c89270\" title=\"\">Read the Entire Article Here<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,44,41,38,47,29],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-article","tag-inside-higher-ed","tag-smart-goals","tag-tips-and-tricks","tag-writers-block","tag-writing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}