2019 Writing Goals
Jan. 12th, 2019 06:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
disgruntled_owl1. This year I pledged to write 150,000 words (or more) in a year via ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
getyourwordsout. It took me a while to land on this pledge level and it's still going to be a stretch, but I'm excited to be doing it as part of a community and I'm hoping it incentivizes me to keep up with the other things in this list.
2. Write in the morning at least four days per week. I did this off and on in 2018, often for a half-hour or so by candlelight before the sun came up. I've missed a number of days lately because mornings are so dark and I so want to sleep. Yet when I pull it off I'm glad. Morning is probably my most productive time and most of it ends up going to my job, but when I can get the writing done I feel like I've made an investment in myself.
3. Continue my Friday morning "writer date" at a coffee shop before work. I started doing this in December and so far it's something I've found myself happily anticipating, even if I have to force myself out of bed to make sure I have enough time to make progress on my writing project before I shuffle into work.
4. Draft at least two original stories longer than 1,000 words.
5. Generate ideas for original fiction by regularly writing to prompts. I'm struggling to come up with original plots and characters, and right now this feels like a good way to push through that and make progress on Goal #4.
6. Post at least one fanfic longer than 500 words that's not for an exchange, fest, or specific recipient. I've got a lot of WIPs that not only focus on things I love about the source material but also reveal themes and ideas that resonate personally with me. I want to work harder to get those out there.
7. Continue the Craft on My Commute self-study project I started in 2018. I've gotten a lot out of the books I've read thus far, but I need better ways of retaining the information so I can access it when I'm trying to solve specific problems in my writing.
Friends, if you have writing goals, I'd love to hear about them!
getyourwordsout. It took me a while to land on this pledge level and it's still going to be a stretch, but I'm excited to be doing it as part of a community and I'm hoping it incentivizes me to keep up with the other things in this list. 2. Write in the morning at least four days per week. I did this off and on in 2018, often for a half-hour or so by candlelight before the sun came up. I've missed a number of days lately because mornings are so dark and I so want to sleep. Yet when I pull it off I'm glad. Morning is probably my most productive time and most of it ends up going to my job, but when I can get the writing done I feel like I've made an investment in myself.
3. Continue my Friday morning "writer date" at a coffee shop before work. I started doing this in December and so far it's something I've found myself happily anticipating, even if I have to force myself out of bed to make sure I have enough time to make progress on my writing project before I shuffle into work.
4. Draft at least two original stories longer than 1,000 words.
5. Generate ideas for original fiction by regularly writing to prompts. I'm struggling to come up with original plots and characters, and right now this feels like a good way to push through that and make progress on Goal #4.
6. Post at least one fanfic longer than 500 words that's not for an exchange, fest, or specific recipient. I've got a lot of WIPs that not only focus on things I love about the source material but also reveal themes and ideas that resonate personally with me. I want to work harder to get those out there.
7. Continue the Craft on My Commute self-study project I started in 2018. I've gotten a lot out of the books I've read thus far, but I need better ways of retaining the information so I can access it when I'm trying to solve specific problems in my writing.
Friends, if you have writing goals, I'd love to hear about them!
