A public declaration
August 13th, 2008Since getting home from Clarion West, all I’ve done (figuratively) is shuffle around, stare at things, and scratch my belly. Part of that is the shock of readjusting, part of that is exhaustion, and part of that is unadulterated self-indulgence.
I’ve come to understand that while I like to view myself as a free spirit who struggles against any imposed structures (blah blah blah), in actuality, I need a schedule and deadlines and pressure in order to get anything besides shuffling, staring, and scratching done.
So, in that spirit, I’d like to write a total of 75,000 words before the end of the year (not one thing that’s 75,000, although I’m awfully curious how I would fare doing something like NaNoWriMo and just churn out 50,000 words in a single month. I’m actually planning to do it this year just to say I have and get a jump start…but this goal is on top of that).
What about you? Have any goals you want to state publicly in order to shame yourself into action?
August 14th, 2008 at 9:25 am
tsk tsk. not “I’d like to write…”
“I WILL write…”
Don’t make me tell Chuck you said that. :P
My short term goals:
1. One Clarion story edited by Mid-October
2. One new story written by 8/25 (eek. what was I thinking)
3. One novel made significant progress in by the end of the year. “Significant progress” will be my own definition, thank you very much. :)
August 15th, 2008 at 11:36 am
I need to finish the damn dissertation by December. Blargh.