If it's one thing I do understand about setting goals is that I need to be clear and specific. If I come up with some general, bland, blanket goal, you bet your ass I'll find a way to meet it in the most minimal way possible.
And that's not what I want to do.
I promised for myself to have "a manuscript complete by September 6." Why that date? It's our wedding date. I figure it's fitting.
More importantly, I need to define "manuscript" for myself. Not for you, for me. Right now, the WIP is the super-ugly draft as it stands; plot holes, name hole, scene holes, a whole lot of holes. I want to complete the story from where I left off. Get to some sort of ending where I can say to myself, "Alright, Dara, it's over. You can go curl in a ball for the next week and then get back to fixing the mess you have there."
Phase 2 will involve going back to the start, notebook at my side, and fix things. Not all shiney and fancy, but certainly have it flow a lot better.
THAT is what I want to have done by September 6. Ideally, from that point, I will be ready to hunt down a critique partner or editor or whatever the hell the next step would be.
I don't know, I've read so many articles on the writing process, it's all mashed together into a lump in my brain. What's a good step-by-step for a newb?
And that's not what I want to do.
I promised for myself to have "a manuscript complete by September 6." Why that date? It's our wedding date. I figure it's fitting.
More importantly, I need to define "manuscript" for myself. Not for you, for me. Right now, the WIP is the super-ugly draft as it stands; plot holes, name hole, scene holes, a whole lot of holes. I want to complete the story from where I left off. Get to some sort of ending where I can say to myself, "Alright, Dara, it's over. You can go curl in a ball for the next week and then get back to fixing the mess you have there."
Phase 2 will involve going back to the start, notebook at my side, and fix things. Not all shiney and fancy, but certainly have it flow a lot better.
THAT is what I want to have done by September 6. Ideally, from that point, I will be ready to hunt down a critique partner or editor or whatever the hell the next step would be.
I don't know, I've read so many articles on the writing process, it's all mashed together into a lump in my brain. What's a good step-by-step for a newb?
Thirsty Thursday: Pacifico
While I'm not a fan of Dos Equis or Corona, I will drink the crap out of Pacifico. It's labeled as a "Mexican pilsner-style" beer, which I find funny because I personally don't like pilsners.
I'm not planning much on Thirsty Thursdays other than sharing with you a different drink each week and whether I enjoyed it or not. I would love some suggestions! I get a bit stuck in my ways so any recommendations of beer would be welcomed. Yes, beer. We'll start there and see where that can expand to.
Anyone have their own favorite they'd like me to feature?
I'm not planning much on Thirsty Thursdays other than sharing with you a different drink each week and whether I enjoyed it or not. I would love some suggestions! I get a bit stuck in my ways so any recommendations of beer would be welcomed. Yes, beer. We'll start there and see where that can expand to.
Anyone have their own favorite they'd like me to feature?
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