Sometimes, getting started is all about just saying (or typing) it out loud. What are your writing resolutions for this coming year?
I have a few, which look like a lot, but excluding November, only make up around LESS THAN 10 thousand words per month--or 2,500 words per week, or 358 words per day -- very doable. I will no doubt fall behind, but will try to stick with this as long as possible, and get back on if I fall off the writing wagon.
*Work on my NaNovel with the Writer's club, chapter by chapter, until it reads like a real book.
*Towards the end of the year, begin looking for potential publishers and crafting together query letters.
*Explore a few more genres. (OKay, not a tangible goal, should maybe be combined with the one below-- I need to try Western, Satire, Chick-lit, and maybe some sci-fi that has no elements of fantasy in it)
*Crank out one short story or flash fiction per month, at least. Get a beta reader for each of them. Can be any length, but the plot must be resolved at the end (unless the plan was specifically *not* to resolve it)
*Write another NaNovel in November (where I am exempt from any other nonessential writing on this list.)
*Continue to keep a dream journal (it's a big muse)
*Take no more than two weeks to get back to my co-writer with my part of the book. (My friend and I are writing an epistolary novel together, and each part of the book (in the form of emails or letters) is around 1,000 words, so leaving her waiting for a month is just a waste of time)
*Do my fair share of quality beta reading and editing for other people.
What are yours?
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