Goal Update 4/4

Goal 1) Publish SKoS

  • My Goal: Spend at least 10 mins, 3 days/week minimum
  • Where I planned to be: Spent at least 30 mins
  • Where I am: Hopeful
  • On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
So, in case someone missed it, I got the edit notes back from Matt the other day, and they were overwhelmingly positive. I’m still a little speechless about it.

There are a few things he’s right about and I’ll definitely need to fix, most likely with his suggestion. A few others that I’ll have to think about. A couple I’m not sure how to fix because his suggestion was good, but still wrong for the story, but I know they need fixing now.

As much as I’d like to do the fixes on paper, unfortunately due to the whole COVID-19 thing and our printer having been sent out to pasture a while back, I’ll have to deal with doing them on the computer. Or maybe I’ll come up with something. I’m still reeling.

Also, he said in his opinion, it’s pure urban fantasy. And I think I’m gonna go with that. So I wasn’t too terribly off-base with the genre, and I can continue working toward that goal with covers. Which I think are going well.

Goal 2) Revise SYCU

  • My Goal: 2 Lessons per month/ 1 Lesson every 2 weeks; 3 chapters/13 scenes per day
  • Where I planned to be: Lesson 5 finished
  • Where I am: Lesson 5 finished!
  • On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
Lots to think about. But it’s going. That’s about it.

Oh, and uh…

GOAL 3) Survival

  • My clear target is: Write 50,000 words
  • My reachable deadline is: Dec 31, 2020
  • My working days are: Mon, Wed, Fri (i.e. my usual work days, so this will have to change when I go back to work. But for now…)
  • My method of measuring progress: Word count
  • My end goal: Finish a novel (preferably 50,000 words worth)
  • My daily goal, and number of available days: Write 500 words, 3 days a week. So 1500 words a week.
  • My leverage — WHY I need to do this: If I’m gonna be a paid author, this is just part of the gig. And I really want to be a paid author.

And since I already started on this…

  • My Goal: 500 WPD, 1500 WPW
  • Where I planned to be: 1500 words
  • Where I am: 1544 words
  • On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
Ignore the title, it probably won’t be the final one. Two scenes in and I love this already. It’s a little clunky and I may have to hammer out some details, but I’m not gonna let it bother me.

First draft is always crap. First draft is allowed to be crap. Because I know now, thanks to Matt, that I can make it shine.