December Writing and January Goals

[osprey_archer]

This month I’ve written a little bit of this and a little bit of that. No great forward motion on any one project, but at I feel less frustrated about writing than I have for the last few months, and hopefully my ability to structure long-form projects will start to come back to me… “come back to me” I say, as if this was a skill that I had and lost, rather than an eternal struggle.

In January I would like to make progress toward a draft of Fritzi & Magdalena’s story, because (1) I actually do have an outline for that one!, and (2) these poor girls have been waiting for SO long, longer than anyone except Chris and Josh (who face the perhaps insuperable barrier of not being attached to a plot), and it would be so nice to finally tell their story and have done.

Upon consultation with littlerhymes I have decided to set a goal of 100 words a day, on the theory that 100 words is low enough to feel doable and perhaps once the document is open my fingers will slip and I might occasionally write 200 words by mistake… The outline is only eight chapters, about the length of A Garter as a Lesser Gift, and I have a good draft for the first chapter, so theoretically even if I only write that prescribed 100 words a day I will have a draft in about eight months. WE SHALL SEE.

Comments

[skygiants]

I am so excited to meet Fritzi & Magdalena properly!!

[osprey_archer]

Be free, Fritzi and Magdalena! BE FREE!!

[oracne]

Good luck! I've done 100 words a day, and I found it very useful. I hope it works for you.

[osprey_archer]

I hope so too!

[asakiyume]

I'm thinking of doing similar as a new year's resolution, but I was thinking of it in terms of time rather than words. 15–30 minutes a day...

[osprey_archer]

I believe in you! And one can get a surprising amount done in 15 minutes a day.

[sholio]

Good luck! This sounds like a solid plan.

[osprey_archer]

I hope so! Over time, the words will mount up...

[littlerhymes]

Fritzi and Magdalena <333

We will eke out our little daily words together and sometimes they will be more than 100! by accident!

[osprey_archer]

You get writing away and then you pause for a breath and look at your wordcount and it is accidentally 500 words that day! Perhaps then you get a treat.

[minutia_r]

Good luck!

[osprey_archer]

Fingers crossed!