{"id":320,"date":"2024-01-30T12:20:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/?page_id=320"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:25:20","slug":"a-writer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/?page_id=320","title":{"rendered":"A Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"320\" class=\"elementor elementor-320\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a7107f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a7107f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e75816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e75816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Writer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base e-0b5d241-625f6bd\" data-interaction-id=\"0b5d241\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"0b5d241\" id=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/homepage-sitting-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/homepage-sitting-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/homepage-sitting-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/homepage-sitting-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/homepage-sitting.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26f75a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26f75a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-199508f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"199508f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Even when I was a young kid, I used to like to write stories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first one that got any attention was one I submitted to a school writing contest. 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