Taking a few minutes before I head off to class to post my goals for the week.
TINY goals are working well. I'm getting loads of fiction writing done but must make sure I'm also giving time to the Research Book.
Now that school's back in session, I'm seeing that I may have to crank up the writing seduction for the research book as that's the one thing I don't automatically want to sit down and do. And I might need to start writing away from home for a while until I get back into a routine. Still aiming for a complete draft of the book by September 21. So mark your calendars! (I need y'all to hold me to this since I mainly just need to write the intro and add some stuff to CH 5).
So here's how I did last week:
YES! (6 hrs!)*60 min of writing practice (10min/day)
D'oh! (1 pg) *Freewrite 5pp of rsch book intro
YES! (No shoe shopping or matinee, but lots of fiction writing & Mad Men)*Artist date: shoe shopping & matinee next Saturday
YES! (read for fun, 2 blog posts, made my vision page for the week in my planner) *Play in my garden (this could include anything from planning my Italy/Paris adventure next summer, listening to Italian podcasts, and reading for fun to journaling, collaging, blogging)
So this week, I need to increase the time I'm spending on the Research Book, which means that I might need to go out to a cafe on Wed and Fri morning to make sure that I write instead of lying about the house dreaming up stories.
*60 min of writing practice (10min/day)
*3 hrs of research book (let's see if counting hours will lead to increase in pages written)
*Artist Date: might go shoe shopping later today if it's not raining when I get out of class; need to make a list of some other artist dates that don't cost any money (must start saving for European adventure next summer!)
*Play in my garden (this could include anything from planning my Italy/Paris adventure next summer, listening to Italian podcasts, and reading for fun to journaling, collaging, blogging)
In terms of academic new year's resolutions (as posted by Kiki on Yogademia this morning), I have only 1: submit my research book to the publisher by April 1 while maintaining some of the balance and creativity I experienced this summer.
Hope you're all having a lovely 1st week of September!
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bravo! you did really well this week. i like the tiny goals.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! I like the idea of the TINY goals. They seem to work. I'll adopt the idea, now that I've started work again. Let's see if I manage to, progressively, build upon them.
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt your book will be ready by September 21st. It seems such a good idea to get out of the house and go somewhere else to write. What it holds me back here is the constant rain, the soon-short days, the inconvenience of irregular bus services to get back home! But I'll think of something.
Good luck with your writing this week and thanks for all your thoughts and ideas.