Bad plan?
My children's writing teacher, on Friday, asked to speak to me in the hallway. (Yeah, I did think 'Aaaahhh, what did I do?' at first.)
She said that she really enjoyed the first two chapters of my story and asked if I had anymore. It's not often that she asks her students this, she said, maybe a handful in the years she's taught the course. (Not to mention, she's a published author. She has about 13 books published.) I told her that I hadn't really gotten any further on it, since I've been so busy with other classes, but I'll probably work on it during Christmas break. (I don't know if she'd want to look at it by then, but after that she said 'I just wanted to tell you that, since I won't be here next week when your chapters are workshopped.')
Okay, to the bad plan: Instead of looking for good paying work over Christmas, I spend it typing like a maniac to finish that story. (It's going to be a chapter book for kids, so it doesn't need to be as long as some of my other stories, though that doesn't mean it's going to be any easier to write.) Not in the 'Yay, writing is fun sense.' I had before. In the new 'This is what I want to do with my life, so I'm going to fucking do it.' attitude that I've had to adopt for finishing writing assignments with no inspiration. So, on to the bad plan...
Step one: Finish story in December, no excuses. Just do it. (Hopefully earlier than that. It doesn't need to be as long, so it shouldn't take me as long as NaNo.)
Step two: >.> Ask the teacher if she wants to look at it, since she offered. (I have both her email and phone number from the class. Hopefully, she should be okay with it.)
Step three: Mercilessly edit the story. (Hopefully with some time left in December. I know I wouldn't have the time during school. Maybe during the first two weeks, though.)
Step four: Actually submit it to places. (>.> If I get this far, maybe I could ask her how you go about doing that? Though according to my course outline, we should learn a bit about that on the last day of class.)
Step four: ???
Step five: PROFIT
Bad plan? Probably.
But if necessary, I could skip step two and just write, edit, and submit without the input.
She said that she really enjoyed the first two chapters of my story and asked if I had anymore. It's not often that she asks her students this, she said, maybe a handful in the years she's taught the course. (Not to mention, she's a published author. She has about 13 books published.) I told her that I hadn't really gotten any further on it, since I've been so busy with other classes, but I'll probably work on it during Christmas break. (I don't know if she'd want to look at it by then, but after that she said 'I just wanted to tell you that, since I won't be here next week when your chapters are workshopped.')
Okay, to the bad plan: Instead of looking for good paying work over Christmas, I spend it typing like a maniac to finish that story. (It's going to be a chapter book for kids, so it doesn't need to be as long as some of my other stories, though that doesn't mean it's going to be any easier to write.) Not in the 'Yay, writing is fun sense.' I had before. In the new 'This is what I want to do with my life, so I'm going to fucking do it.' attitude that I've had to adopt for finishing writing assignments with no inspiration. So, on to the bad plan...
Step one: Finish story in December, no excuses. Just do it. (Hopefully earlier than that. It doesn't need to be as long, so it shouldn't take me as long as NaNo.)
Step two: >.> Ask the teacher if she wants to look at it, since she offered. (I have both her email and phone number from the class. Hopefully, she should be okay with it.)
Step three: Mercilessly edit the story. (Hopefully with some time left in December. I know I wouldn't have the time during school. Maybe during the first two weeks, though.)
Step four: Actually submit it to places. (>.> If I get this far, maybe I could ask her how you go about doing that? Though according to my course outline, we should learn a bit about that on the last day of class.)
Step four: ???
Step five: PROFIT
Bad plan? Probably.
But if necessary, I could skip step two and just write, edit, and submit without the input.