Writing G O A L S + 2011
2009 Achievements:
1. Finished off Daphne, after 10 years of writing it (I was 19 when I began, and 29 when I finished). Still needs editing!
2. Wrote little bits and pieces of stories, and edited bits and pieces of others, during the year, until November, when...
3. During NaNoWriMo I finished a 116,000 word story (the first in the Midnight series) and quickly started in on its prequel, for which I wrote about 20k before the end of November
2010 Achievements:
1. Completed 3 novels in the Midnight series, then realised that the 2nd novel actually needed to be divided in 2. The second half of it made a complete novel, but the first half needed some better ending. I still haven't given it that.
2. Started book 4 (which since the division of book 2 became book 5) in the Midnight series, and still have not finished it.
3. Completed first revision of Sundown, taking word count from 116,000 to 147,000. Yikes.
4. Cut about 19k from Sundown during 2nd revision (have not finished this revision, but hoping to get there in the next week or so).
5. Participated in NaNoWriMo 2010, and won with a 94k novel.
And now onto the point of this blog entry: things I want to achieve in 2011.
Things I know I can do in 2011
1. Finish current edit of Sundown and order a proof copy of it via CreateSpace (this is free!!)
2. Participate in NaNoEdMo 2011, working either on book 4 of the Midnight series, or my Daphne novel - at the moment I'm leaning further towards concentrating on Daphne
3. Participate/run the short story year-long workshop project with my critiquing buddies, possibly will be showcase this on Blogger
4. Keep my writing blog at Blogspot going & hopefully prospering a bit
5. Win NaNo 2011
6. Finish off first draft of Storm from the Midnight series
7. Maybe look at doing a preliminary read-through/edit of Nausicaa (NaNo '10 novel)
Things I'd like to look at but probably will not get done in 2011
1. Preliminary edits of Fire and Excision from the Midnight novels
2. Figure out how to finish off Carnival from the Midnight novels series
3. Finish off 2008's NaNo novel (Turkey Bourke)
4. Get through 1st proper edit of Squeaky
Things I KNOW I will not get done in 2011
1. Finish off Ragewater book 1
2. Finish off Somana from the Ragewater series (probably has 40k to go)
1. Finished off Daphne, after 10 years of writing it (I was 19 when I began, and 29 when I finished). Still needs editing!
2. Wrote little bits and pieces of stories, and edited bits and pieces of others, during the year, until November, when...
3. During NaNoWriMo I finished a 116,000 word story (the first in the Midnight series) and quickly started in on its prequel, for which I wrote about 20k before the end of November
2010 Achievements:
1. Completed 3 novels in the Midnight series, then realised that the 2nd novel actually needed to be divided in 2. The second half of it made a complete novel, but the first half needed some better ending. I still haven't given it that.
2. Started book 4 (which since the division of book 2 became book 5) in the Midnight series, and still have not finished it.
3. Completed first revision of Sundown, taking word count from 116,000 to 147,000. Yikes.
4. Cut about 19k from Sundown during 2nd revision (have not finished this revision, but hoping to get there in the next week or so).
5. Participated in NaNoWriMo 2010, and won with a 94k novel.
And now onto the point of this blog entry: things I want to achieve in 2011.
Things I know I can do in 2011
1. Finish current edit of Sundown and order a proof copy of it via CreateSpace (this is free!!)
2. Participate in NaNoEdMo 2011, working either on book 4 of the Midnight series, or my Daphne novel - at the moment I'm leaning further towards concentrating on Daphne
3. Participate/run the short story year-long workshop project with my critiquing buddies, possibly will be showcase this on Blogger
4. Keep my writing blog at Blogspot going & hopefully prospering a bit
5. Win NaNo 2011
6. Finish off first draft of Storm from the Midnight series
7. Maybe look at doing a preliminary read-through/edit of Nausicaa (NaNo '10 novel)
Things I'd like to look at but probably will not get done in 2011
1. Preliminary edits of Fire and Excision from the Midnight novels
2. Figure out how to finish off Carnival from the Midnight novels series
3. Finish off 2008's NaNo novel (Turkey Bourke)
4. Get through 1st proper edit of Squeaky
Things I KNOW I will not get done in 2011
1. Finish off Ragewater book 1
2. Finish off Somana from the Ragewater series (probably has 40k to go)