I did horribly with my goals during last month's Writer's Recharge but I did learn something. I don't switch from drafting one story to revising another gracefully. Not even a little bit. I felt like I couldn't properly immerse in either story which made my productivity annoyingly low. If my revisions were just fixing a few things I think it would be different but they are more like re-writing at this point. Taking this knowledge I crafted new goals for myself.
- Turn Slumber from a wobbly first draft into a true novel
- Participate in A-Z April
- Keep my brain alive by continuing to make reading a priority, especially books on craft
- Fit in lots of walking
Battle Plan:
March
- finish breaking Slumber in scenes and chapters
- rework one or more scenes daily
- write 3 blog posts for A-Z a week
- walk every day, weather allowing
- spend part of the kid's nap time reading a book on writing
April
- finish round of revision/rewrites on Slumber
- finish A-Z posts
- walk every day, weather allowing
- spend part of the kid's nap time reading a book on writing
- make sure I have some willing critique partners for my hopefully ready novel
May
- Send book to critique partners.
- Apply feedback
- Re-read Mirra so I can get back to drafting in June.
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Congratulations on seeing the problem and crafting a plan! Good luck with the boot camp!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great idea. I wish you all the best in completing your goals Sarah.
ReplyDeleteSwitching from project to project - especially from drafting to revising - is HARD. I think it's awesome that trying it helped you re-form some new goals. Hurray for that! :) Best of luck with the bootcamp, Sarah! I'll be cheering you on!
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