Comments on: Novelists – What Are Your Goals for 2009? http://writeabetternovel.net/novelists-whats-your-do-or-die-plan-for-2009/ Practical wisdom for novelists and other storytellers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:03:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: minsker http://writeabetternovel.net/novelists-whats-your-do-or-die-plan-for-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-314 minsker Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:58:16 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=1038#comment-314 Bill, this blog is a great motivator that will hopefully help me finish this memoir. It's full of observations about my son's first year of life (Faris is almost 11 months). My goal is to craft something poetic enough (and, at times, zany enough) that he'll be interested in reading it when he's 16 years old. My goal is to write one chapter a week: on Saturday or Sunday, after I've had the time to reflect on the past week. So far I've only got 12 pages and I started pre-Christmas. Guess I need to make a pledge, Marc Bill, this blog is a great motivator that will hopefully help me finish this memoir. It’s full of observations about my son’s first year of life (Faris is almost 11 months). My goal is to craft something poetic enough (and, at times, zany enough) that he’ll be interested in reading it when he’s 16 years old.

My goal is to write one chapter a week: on Saturday or Sunday, after I’ve had the time to reflect on the past week. So far I’ve only got 12 pages and I started pre-Christmas.

Guess I need to make a pledge,
Marc

]]> By: spyscribbler http://writeabetternovel.net/novelists-whats-your-do-or-die-plan-for-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-304 spyscribbler Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:24:54 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=1038#comment-304 My writing goals are definitely on steroids: one novel idea a day, one pitch paragraph a week, one proposal a month. (Just to get my brain rolling in a new genre. These can all suck.) I have 7 50K novellas for pseudonym lined up, and I want to write 4 novels "for fun." HAH! But if I write 3K a day, this is actually doable. Since I don't have kids or much of a life beyond teaching, I have no excuse. :-) My writing goals are definitely on steroids: one novel idea a day, one pitch paragraph a week, one proposal a month. (Just to get my brain rolling in a new genre. These can all suck.)

I have 7 50K novellas for pseudonym lined up, and I want to write 4 novels “for fun.” HAH! But if I write 3K a day, this is actually doable. Since I don’t have kids or much of a life beyond teaching, I have no excuse. :-)

]]> By: Nick Faber http://writeabetternovel.net/novelists-whats-your-do-or-die-plan-for-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Nick Faber Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:27:46 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=1038#comment-303 I want to be able to create and honor my own deadlines. Also, I want writing to usurp "just messin' around" as my go-to down-time habit. I want to be able to create and honor my own deadlines.

Also, I want writing to usurp “just messin’ around” as my go-to down-time habit.

]]> By: Elizabeth Mallard http://writeabetternovel.net/novelists-whats-your-do-or-die-plan-for-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Elizabeth Mallard Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:39:33 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=1038#comment-302 I love the graphic for this entry. I too am a woman saluting, committing to finishing a rough draft, not by April 1st, by September 1st. I will work five days a week, two hours a day, from 5AM to 7AM--before the children get up in the morning. It's amazing how much you can get done if you just sit down and do it, regularly. I start tomorrow and am hopeful. Will check in later. Many thanks. I love the graphic for this entry. I too am a woman saluting, committing to finishing a rough draft, not by April 1st, by September 1st. I will work five days a week, two hours a day, from 5AM to 7AM–before the children get up in the morning. It’s amazing how much you can get done if you just sit down and do it, regularly. I start tomorrow and am hopeful. Will check in later. Many thanks.

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