• 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

I'm reading one book right now that I'm having serious difficulty continuing. I really do not like spending 150 pages (about 1/3 of the book) reading about a specific group of characters and all of a sudden we start "Part 2" and we are introduced to a completely new set of characters. I've spent the last 50 pages reading about these new characters. The only "relation" these new character have to the old group is that the new characters live in the city to which the old characters intend to visit. Other than that, I don't care about the new characters.
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My goals for next week:

• Read

Continue reading, likely another book entirely.

What did I learn this week?

Nothing still.

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

MAGE STORM: Send out at least three more queries.
Nope. Looking over a minor revision to chapters 2 and 3 first, basically moving a few incidents around for a better escalation.

SEVEN STARS: Complete this round of revisions.
Yep.

BLOOD WILL TELL: Send out two more queries.
Yep.

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.
Go over the WotF story again.
Yes to the first, no to the second.

Next Week's Goals:

On the Shelf:
THE IGNORED PROPHECY
DREAMER'S ROSE

MAGIC'S FOOL (Working Title):
I'd like to at least go back and look over what I've written, maybe finish chapter 3. Not sure that's going to happen, though.

MAGE STORM:
Complete the revision and start sending out queries again.

SEVEN STARS:
Get another reader or two for this draft.

BLOOD WILL TELL:
Send out two more queries.

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

My current projects are a high fantasy novel that I have not named yet and several short stories to grow my skills.

This week I finished a chapter that had been giving me problems and am moving on to the next scene.

I started a short story and have put in 1100 words today but don’t have a name for this one yet either.

My goals for next week:

Novel – To finish the next scene and figure out my issue with transportation. I am also going to submit my first 13 lines for review and to see if I can find a reader.

Short Story – Finish the story and send it in for critique and revision.