• What were your goals last week and did you accomplish them?
• Describe what you worked on.
• Set goals for next week.
• Did you learn something during this week?

Here is a list of things that you can do each week as we work on our novels (suggestions welcomed).

• Writing on a novel
• Characterization
• World Building
• Relevant research

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Last Week's Goals

Still have no writing goals for now. However, I have continued the reading. I finished, finally, The Way of Kings. Very long but I felt it was well done. My wife liked it as well and she is not a fan of long fantasy.

My programming project continues but I have been thinking of writing ideas more the last couple days. It's good to keep the writing in mind a bit so that when I'm done with this project I hope the transition back to writing will be easier.

My goals for next week:

• Read

Just continue reading for fun. I'm seeking the next book now.

What did I learn this week?

Nothing still.

--William
 

MAGIC'S FOOL (Working Title): Nothing for this week again.
Such and easy goal.

MAGE STORM: Send out at least three more queries.
Yep.

SEVEN STARS: Continue revisions through Chapter 18.
Nope. I'm on chapter 28.

BLOOD WILL TELL: Send out three more queries.
Nope. Only two.

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.
Yes.

Next Week's Goals:

On the Shelf:
THE IGNORED PROPHECY
DREAMER'S ROSE

MAGIC'S FOOL (Working Title):
Nothing for this week again. I want to let it simmer just a bit longer.

MAGE STORM:
Send out at least three more queries.

SEVEN STARS:
Complete this round of revisions. Give it another read-through to see if there's something I can strengthen.

BLOOD WILL TELL:
Send out two more queries.

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.
Go over the WotF story again.
 

Last Week's Stuff

My goal last week was to get my confidence back. I got pretty upset rereading what I'd written, but I know that if I don't at least finish the draft I'll be discouraged. I did accomplish that goal and I am now writing regularly again! I learned about this website this week, which (I hope) will help me stay productive. I also learned that I've got some narrative issues in my story, because I'm writing the whole thing in third person with an omniscient narrator who adapts the voice of a random character in each section. Decently sure it's confusing, but I'll post that somewhere else (fragment section? new to the navigation of the site). I had a spirited debate about the politics in my made up world which REALLY helped me. I defended both sides and realized some contradictions in my plot. I also finished Firefly Island by Daniel Arenson which was pretty awesome, and it was inspiring to see his success. I read an article about how "the Help" was rejected 60 times and that made me feel better too. Listed like this it seems like a lot, but this one one of my least productive weeks. I wrote something like 2,000 words.

Next week:

I'm hoping to write 20-40,000 words, so 3-6,000 a day. I'm also hoping to not get distracted.
 

quote:

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I got pretty upset rereading what I'd written, but I know that if I don't at least finish the draft I'll be discouraged.

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Don't let that discourage you. And if it does, don't reread what you've written.

The first draft is supposed to be bad. That's why you have all the rounds of revisions to fix it.

Of course, we all strive to make our first drafts a bit better with each story we tell. Somehow, that never seems to reduce the number of revisions required, though.
 

Next week, I'd love to finish revising the last 8 scenes. I've also got at least one unresolved plot issue that I'm going to go back and fix as soon as I figure out which way to go.
 

Oops, skipped this week's thread but that's just as well.

No writing on my novels. My one MC is still stuck in her emotional discord.

I still need to revise chapter two of my other novel.. late with it.

No work on revising the third one either.

I did do a bit of mini writing.