Writing Goals Update 4/7/2019
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I think I read somewhere once that writing lives go in cycles. Sometimes you can produce a lot, and sometimes things slow to a trickle. In the DIY MFA book, Gabriela Pereira talks about always keeping three parts of a writing life going in some respect: writing, reading, and building community. She adds, though, that each element's share of your time will grow or shrink over time. I write a lot for my job, especially this time of year. It's bureaucratic stuff, but it takes a lot of work to make it clear and to communicate what certain audiences (read: the feds) are looking to read. Lately, by the end of the day my brain is fried from playing word Tetris, which makes working on my personal projects challenging. So for me, this may be one of those times when the writing part shrinks and the reading part grows.
1. Words written this week: 879 words. I didn't meet or exceed my GYWO daily quota (411 words) any day this week.
2. Write 4+ mornings a week: Not quite...maybe two? I think I wrote for an evening or two.
3. Friday Morning Writer Date: Achieved, but in the evening, with tiramisu and coffee probably way too late in the day.
4. Write two original stories: No progress this week.
5. Write to prompts for story ideas: No progress this week.
6. Post personal fanfic: Still chipping away at my Van Helsing/Hammer Horror fic, and wrote some excerpts for a long-ignored WIP and a future Dracula (Bram Stoker) fandom project.
7. Craft on My Commute: Achieved. More DIY MFA reading. I also read and prepared write-ups for a handful of stories for my Short Story 100 project.
I think I read somewhere once that writing lives go in cycles. Sometimes you can produce a lot, and sometimes things slow to a trickle. In the DIY MFA book, Gabriela Pereira talks about always keeping three parts of a writing life going in some respect: writing, reading, and building community. She adds, though, that each element's share of your time will grow or shrink over time. I write a lot for my job, especially this time of year. It's bureaucratic stuff, but it takes a lot of work to make it clear and to communicate what certain audiences (read: the feds) are looking to read. Lately, by the end of the day my brain is fried from playing word Tetris, which makes working on my personal projects challenging. So for me, this may be one of those times when the writing part shrinks and the reading part grows.
1. Words written this week: 879 words. I didn't meet or exceed my GYWO daily quota (411 words) any day this week.
2. Write 4+ mornings a week: Not quite...maybe two? I think I wrote for an evening or two.
3. Friday Morning Writer Date: Achieved, but in the evening, with tiramisu and coffee probably way too late in the day.
4. Write two original stories: No progress this week.
5. Write to prompts for story ideas: No progress this week.
6. Post personal fanfic: Still chipping away at my Van Helsing/Hammer Horror fic, and wrote some excerpts for a long-ignored WIP and a future Dracula (Bram Stoker) fandom project.
7. Craft on My Commute: Achieved. More DIY MFA reading. I also read and prepared write-ups for a handful of stories for my Short Story 100 project.
What Else Happened This Week
1. Work, of the "10-hour day/work most of the weekend" variety.
2. Tried to be a good spouse. Fortunately, this included fun stuff, like listening for singing frogs in the woods and watching Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse.
