Summer Goals!
May. 6th, 2007 09:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wordwhackerWith May in full swing, I think it's about time for me to outline my writing goals for the summer. So here they are, in point form:
Point: I'm reading and critiquing at least two short stories every week at Critique Circle.
Point: I will post the results of some writing exercise or other at least once a week. The point of these things is going to be to work on aspects of my writing that need work - namely, description and... well, everything except dialogue. And sometimes dialogue.
Point: Once a month, probably toward the end of the month, I'll post a finished short story. It'll be a relatively polished draft but will likely need a lot more work.
Point: In June, I will also write a screenplay or stage play for Script Frenzy. I probably won't post it but I WILL post my angstings about it, whcih should be delightful family fun for all.
Point: By the end of the summer, I will have a completed third draft of Blue Goo, which is my adventure novel about 12-year-olds and aliens. This is an involved-enough task that I'm gonna break it down into Sub Points.
- Sub Point: By the end of May, I will finish going through Draft 2 with my big shiny red pen.
- Sub Point: Also by the end of May, I will flesh out my characters and settings, possibly even with hilarious drawings. If I have a working scanner at any point, I may share them.
- Sub Point: I will absolutely not look at the book at all in June, when I'll be busy scriptwriting.
- Sub Point: In July and August, I will edit/rewrite the novel as necessary, to be completed before I go back to school in September.
This will probably be far from a final draft, but that's to be expected. I just hope the thing has a decent shape and feels more lively once I get to this point.
Point: I'm going to read a lot this summer. Everything from all-out fluff to John Steinbeck. This is going to include some really good children's lit, which hopefully will inspire me re: my crazy book endeavour.
Point: I'm reading and critiquing at least two short stories every week at Critique Circle.
Point: I will post the results of some writing exercise or other at least once a week. The point of these things is going to be to work on aspects of my writing that need work - namely, description and... well, everything except dialogue. And sometimes dialogue.
Point: Once a month, probably toward the end of the month, I'll post a finished short story. It'll be a relatively polished draft but will likely need a lot more work.
Point: In June, I will also write a screenplay or stage play for Script Frenzy. I probably won't post it but I WILL post my angstings about it, whcih should be delightful family fun for all.
Point: By the end of the summer, I will have a completed third draft of Blue Goo, which is my adventure novel about 12-year-olds and aliens. This is an involved-enough task that I'm gonna break it down into Sub Points.
- Sub Point: By the end of May, I will finish going through Draft 2 with my big shiny red pen.
- Sub Point: Also by the end of May, I will flesh out my characters and settings, possibly even with hilarious drawings. If I have a working scanner at any point, I may share them.
- Sub Point: I will absolutely not look at the book at all in June, when I'll be busy scriptwriting.
- Sub Point: In July and August, I will edit/rewrite the novel as necessary, to be completed before I go back to school in September.
This will probably be far from a final draft, but that's to be expected. I just hope the thing has a decent shape and feels more lively once I get to this point.
Point: I'm going to read a lot this summer. Everything from all-out fluff to John Steinbeck. This is going to include some really good children's lit, which hopefully will inspire me re: my crazy book endeavour.
