Writing Goals Update 3/3/2019

Status Update:

1. Words written this week: 1,058. I met or exceeded my GYWO daily quota (411 words) once. Last week I made my February GYWO check-in. As of 3/1, I was at the 10% mark for my 150,000 word goal. March is always a super-stressful month at work, so I don’t have much hope for catching up. I would like to meet the proposed March monthly goal of 12,740 words, but that might be a real long shot.

2. Write 4+ mornings a week: Achieved.

3. Friday Morning Writer Date: Achieved. Turned my ankle on the way to the coffee shop, but I made it there and made it happen.

4. Write two original stories: No specific progress this week. I’m still writing scenes for my Gotham Writers Workshop Character Development course, though.

5. Write to prompts for story ideas: No specific progress this week. A lot of the homework for the Character Development course is oriented toward making lists or trying to capture the characteristics of people I encounter to day-to-day life. It’s useful stuff that’s getting me thinking, but it means that I don’t produce that much in the way of stories or produce many more words that count towards my GYWO total.

6. Post personal fanfic: No specific progress this week. I expect that I’ll be working on my recipient-oriented project for a while. Still, sign-ups open for Round One of the 2019 MultiFandom Drabble Exchange (multifandomdrabble) this week, so if I do that I’ll get the satisfaction of finishing something, however small.

7. Craft on My Commute: Achieved. I read Gotham Writers Workshop lecture content and listened to more Writing Excuses. I feel bad because I kind of want to give up on the Story Grid. The book is big and hard to trundle around, and I feel like the book would have been better had the author written it about two or three years after he did, and taken the time in the interim to think through his ideas more. That said, I’m about halfway through, and I am learning some stuff, so maybe I can force myself to push through to the end.