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2023 GOALS

♥ Finish draft 3 of How Wild Are We and send to the next round of beta readers.

This is in progress, and draft 3 doesn't need nearly as much as much work as draft 2 did. I hope to have this out to readers by February 28.

♥ Once draft 3 notes are back, one last edit of How Wild Are We.

I want to give readers a month with this, so.... springtime?

♥ Query How Wild Are We.

s;ldfkjsl;dfjsdlf If we want our work to be seen, we have to put it out there. Therefore, we query. Hoping to start by summer.

♥ Complete first edits on Lay All Your Love On Me.

I will start edits on this after I finish HWAW's next round, so late winter/early spring.

♥ Plot out My Girl By July; potentially draft.

Ideally, I would like to draft Danger's book for November's NaNo; timeline on this will be determined by how other edits are going by the time we get to the fall.

♥ Plot and draft the Holiday Romance.

Timeline and length will be determined by what my writing group decides on; I'm hoping this is a shorter story/novella than a full length novel.

♥ Only write fics that bring me joy.

We are not wasting time on fandoms who don't appreciate/respect us. We are not writing for challenges that stress us out. Fics are meant to be fun and if that's not doing it for me, I'm not going to write it.

♥ Take care of yourself.

Make the doctor's appointments you've been putting off. Keep working on the anxiety. I can do this.

Challenge #4

In your own space, create some goals.

It just occurred to me that I never posted my 2021 goals to my DW, so this is as good a time as any!

( goals under here! )

( September 2020 Goals wrap up )

( October 2020 Goals )


To be honest, I had to take a break in September to rest my brain. Editing was getting to be really overwhelming, so I bought some new writing books (Save the Cat Writes a Novel and Romancing the Beat, which should be here this week) and have been reading through them for inspiration. I figured out how to rewrite the scene I was stuck on, so hopefully I'll get back on track.

Here's to a productive October.

Now that Camp NaNoWriMo is over for the month, let's see how I did on those goals!

Primary Goals:

- 25k words - smashed this out of the park; I ended the month with 40,540 words. Part of this is because Meghan and I got to write together this month, which hasn't happened in a few months. I'll take it, because it boosts my word count and it's fun to write with other people.

- Angel of Mine, an MCU AU with angels and demons involved - I do wish I got a little further with this, considering I had this lofty goal of getting ten chapters drafted over the course of July which, lol, don't happen. I'm probably in what will be considered Chapter 4, but I still have time.

Secondary Goals:
- My Press Start assignment, then treats - I have drafted my assignment, plus a treat, plus one more started. Yeah, safe to say I've done well with that, lol.

- Seven Seas of Rhye - Whoops. Didn't even touch it. I think I looked at the Scrivener doc a couple times though.

- A Hero Lies in You edits - Though I haven't started actual edits, I did make a timeline for the story, which I didn't bother to do while I was writing the first draft, and I have a good idea of what scenes need to be added for the next draft. I still have to look at the back half of the novel for additional scenes (likely towards the end), but I'm okay with the progress made on this one.


This round was more productive than I thought it was going to be. Part of that is because I unexpectedly ended up with two weeks off that I hadn't planned for, and was actually able to write at home for that time. I have a routine for when I'm home now that balances writing and crafting, and I'll keep that up for as long as it's working.

Now to knock out August's editing goals! What is everyone working on this month?

Happy first day of NaNoWriMo! I was called into work on my day off and now work six days this week!



So yeah, good vibes would be appreciated.

( NaNo goals )

WIP Wednesday may return next week with a NaNo update. I haven't decided yet. Here's hoping I have progress I actually want to talk about.