Guess What Day It Is!

No, it’s not Hump Day… yet. ;D

No, today is September 1st, which means pumpkin spice is it fall yet? please someone turn down the heat outside my new writing goals start today! So I’d like to post them here together so they’re all in one place.

Goal 1) HTWAN story

  • My clear target is: Finish first draft of HTWAN story
  • My reachable deadline is: Dec 31, 2019
  • My working days are: Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun
  • My method of measuring progress: Word count
  • My end goal: 50,000 words total (unless the book ends before I get there)
  • My daily goal, and number of available days: 505 wpd, 3 days/week minimum
  • My leverage — WHY I need to do this: I want to write more books, I want to become at least a semi-professional author, and this is the next step.

Goal 2) Some Kind of Savior

  • My clear target is: Finish revision on Some Kind of Savior
  • My reachable deadline is: Dec 31, 2019
  • My working days are: Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun
  • My method of measuring progress: Lessons completed
  • My end goal: 4 lessons completed (18-21)
  • My daily goal, and number of available days: One lesson per month, 3 days/week minimum
  • My leverage — WHY I need to do this: I want to finally see this book through to completion, and finally have it pay me, however little it may be.

This goal is gonna start off a little differently, though. The first thing I need to do is go through my scenes and really tighten them up. Refocus them, if you will.

Step 1: Find all the changes. Rough daily goal is going through 20 pages (every day this week), so hopefully I can be done with this step by the end of the week.

Step 2: Rewrite scene sentences. I don’t know how to set a goal for this yet because I haven’t done step 1. Hopefully this can be done in a day or two.

Step 3: Cut scenes as needed. Also unsure of this one, but depending on what needs to be done here, I’m hoping this can be done by Sept 14.

The second thing I need to do is go through and really think about my story’s limitations. These need to be set in stone for everything to work. I’m hoping this won’t take more than a week, and I can be done by Sept 21.

Yes, I realize this leaves me with a little over a week to actually do the lesson planned for this month. It’s a pretty easy lesson. I’m not worried. And even if I go over a little, this other stuff is more important.

I’d like to continue with weekly updates on this, probably on Saturdays or Sundays. Keeps me honest. If I think of anything else to add during the week, I’ll do that too.