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writing goals for 2007
Dec. 27th, 2006 09:55 pmI'm not one for making formal goals. I'd rather have a vague, inner idea of something really spectacular and do all I can to reach that goal but not make public pronouncements about it. That way, if I fail, nobody has to know about it. But I think I'm getting better with failure, and the things I do manage to accomplish usually make me feel pretty good. So I'm going to try the written thing here.
1. Find a regular writing schedule. Every time I get into a groove, I have a major life change and lose that writing time. I've been in my present location since August, and I'm still dodging random school start and end times, and frequent shopping trips (with no car and a fridge the size of a dorm fridge--for a family of six--we get LOTS of daily exercise and weight lifting). I've got to find a time when I have no other demands on me, preferably when I'm awake enough to think straight.
2. Keep revising according to agent feedback and sending that novel back out there.
3. Write a new novel. (This ties heavily back to #1, of course.)
4. Pay extra attention to strong nouns and verbs, and also senses. Write tighter.
5. Read lots of YA and MG, both for fun and to study. Which either means I need lots of $$$ to order English books, or I need to boost my German reading skills.
6. Go to another conference.
And if I fail at these goals, nobody remind me, okay?
1. Find a regular writing schedule. Every time I get into a groove, I have a major life change and lose that writing time. I've been in my present location since August, and I'm still dodging random school start and end times, and frequent shopping trips (with no car and a fridge the size of a dorm fridge--for a family of six--we get LOTS of daily exercise and weight lifting). I've got to find a time when I have no other demands on me, preferably when I'm awake enough to think straight.
2. Keep revising according to agent feedback and sending that novel back out there.
3. Write a new novel. (This ties heavily back to #1, of course.)
4. Pay extra attention to strong nouns and verbs, and also senses. Write tighter.
5. Read lots of YA and MG, both for fun and to study. Which either means I need lots of $$$ to order English books, or I need to boost my German reading skills.
6. Go to another conference.
And if I fail at these goals, nobody remind me, okay?
