So yesterday I sat down at lunch and wrote up a list of goals that I thought were achievable and on the path to me getting to fulfill my life-long dream/goal of being a novelist. (Not as in “I write novels,” but as in “I get paid to write novels.” I am already the first, and I do hope to someday – soon? – be the second.)
And, in order to keep myself accountable for actually working toward these goals, I decided to share them here.
Thursday Thirteen: 13 Things On My Writing Schedule
1. July 2008 ~ Rest and get distractions out of the way in preparation for really buckling down at my preferred job.
2. Aug – Dec 2008 ~ finish writing CP.
3. Jan – Mar 2009 ~ revise CP.
4. March 2009 ~ write a synopsis and query letter for CP.
5. April 2009 ~ start submitting CP.
6. May 2009 ~ plan out the changes needed to make SS really work. Take the existing draft and re-outline it, complete with the character (villain) revisions that I’m already mulling over.
7. June – Sep 2009 ~ revise SS.
8. Sep 2009 ~ write a synopsis and query letter for SS.
9. Sep – Oct 2009 ~ write a quick summary for RS, FK, and ST (the 2nd through 4th books in the Watcher Quartet which follow SS). This can be used when pitching SS.
10. Oct 2009 ~ start submitting SS.
11. Oct 2009 ~ plan RS.
12. Nov 2009 ~ use NaNo to get the bulk of RS written.
13. Dec 2009 ~ finish RS.
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Whew. Looks like I have my work cut out for me! But in all seriousness, I really don’t want to be working for someone else all my life. If I ever intend to REALLY DO THIS, I need to get started yesterday. And the only reason I’m not starting now is that I have so many things that aren’t writing planned for July, I’d just be shooting myself in the foot if I tried to schedule around them. I know the way my mind works, and giving myself a little time to anticipate finally getting on what is hopefully the right path will give me that much more chance at making it work.
Happy Thursday!
