Your 2013 Writing Goals - Page 12

Namekuseijin · 08-12-2013, 06:21 PM

hmm, I'm actually considering publishing an ebook of haiku on Amazon and/or Google Play Books. I've written about a thousand in a year or so, should pickup my favorites, illustrate them and thus publish actually an ebook of haigas.

of course, it's in portuguese and will probably cater for about 2 or 3 people if I can get my sisters to buy it, but what the heck, it's a goal...

kennyc · 08-12-2013, 06:59 PM

Go for it!

HistoryWes · 08-12-2013, 08:17 PM

My goal for the past several years has been to complete 5 books a year of various lengths. I've only met that goal once, but it continues to be the one I shoot for.

kennyc · 08-12-2013, 08:28 PM

Thank seems an awful ambitious goal Wes.....depends on length and type though I guess...

kennyc · 08-13-2013, 10:34 PM

I've had a few rough weeks with not much completed, but today I think I finally focused on a title for a new poetry collection "The Poet of Utah Park" (see the user poetry thread for the poem) and spendt most of the day today seeing if I was ready. I think I may be. I potentially have enough poems which will have to be vetted and organized but it things are good I might have together in a week or two. Woo-Hoo!

Guess I've written more poems than I'd thought.

kennyc · 08-17-2013, 06:37 AM

Got my poetry book, my 2nd collection "The Poet of Utah Park" finished, arranged, organized and published! Woo-Hoo!

I love e-publishing, if this was traditional the release would be a year away...if that soon!

gmw · 08-17-2013, 07:58 AM

Congrat's Kenny - though I'm still not sure how you managed to get from "seeing if I was ready" to "finished, arranged, organized and published" in just three days. I spent that long just working how whether the title should be three pixels down from where I had it on the cover.

kennyc · 08-17-2013, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmw

Congrat's Kenny - though I'm still not sure how you managed to get from "seeing if I was ready" to "finished, arranged, organized and published" in just three days. I spent that long just working how whether the title should be three pixels down from where I had it on the cover.

I'm not sure either, but it was a heck of a lot easier the second time as I'd gone through all the decisions, formatting problems, creating a cover image and text, uploading, etc. with the previous book(s). That definitely simplified things. And proofreading was/is much easier for poetry than prose (my most recent publication) by a long shot.

I even took the photo for the cover during that time while walking in the park.

Best wishes!

kennyc · 09-01-2013, 01:12 PM

A status follow-up.

I've got my nose to the grindstone here this First of September and the day before the Labor Day Holiday.

Did a monthly status and since I'm feeling the pressure of the approaching end of year I wanted to revisit my goals and see where I'm at.

Nowhere near the word count I'd hoped for (1000 words/day) but am doing maybe 250-350 a day and it's very inconsistent.

I've done reasonably well in my prose - essay/article/fiction totals in that I've completed 34 pieces 4 of them fiction 13 articles and 17 essays

I've completed something like 95 poems.

I have/had a goal of 1 or 2 novels but that is not working but I have gotten a bit done on one including some outlining/story/plotting and writing but really nothing to speak of.

I published a collection of Science articles mentioned above - How Do We Know which includes 13 science articles of all types.

I published a second poetry collection - The Poet of Utah Park which includes 51 (of the 95 that I've written) poems.

I'm reasonably happy with where I'm at but do wish I could up my average daily word count.

You'd think that I might be making some money from this, but nah..... I've probably made enough in these almost two years I've been at this to buy a couple of cheap dinners out.

That's okay though, I'm pleased with the progress and will continue to Chase The Dream!

I had a bit of enlightenment earlier this month (which I wrote about elsewhere) when I heard a writer (Shindler's List) discussing how the reward for him was getting the words right and hearing him describe it as almost a drug-like high. I realized that I may have been actually fighting myself with my steadfast refusal to become addicted to anything and have concluded that I need to instead embrace writing. I has helped in getting the work done.

In summary:
34 Prose Pieces completed
95 Poems completed
2 books published

Writing is a Drug. Embrace it!

Now! what about your goals and your status?

VydorScope · 09-01-2013, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VydorScope

I want to get my 5th novel out, and at least 50 new articles on my primary blog site.

I am almost 90k words in to that novel, but easily ahead of scheduled with my blog.

kennyc · 09-01-2013, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VydorScope

I am almost 90k words in to that novel, but easily ahead of scheduled with my blog.

Excellent!

VydorScope · 09-08-2013, 08:41 AM

Just wrote the last chapter of book 5. At 97k words the first draft is done. Unlike most author advice you hear out there, my books usually GROW in my first few edit passes mainly because I have a tendency to push on through scenes and leave out key details that I need to add back in. Then my editors will grow through it and stuff will get cut.. and the book will end up around 97-100k words when done. LOL

kennyc · 09-08-2013, 08:55 AM

Congrats Vincent!

I too tend to expand my initial drafts when editing...

cromag · 09-08-2013, 04:39 PM

Congrats, VydorScope!

I'm still plodding along.

kennyc · 09-19-2013, 04:39 PM

I've been a bit frustrated the last few weeks, particularly with getting new words written, but over the last week or so I've been able to refocus on my non-fiction essay (memoir) work - Growing Up Stories and have edited and hopefully completed 6 pieces bringing the total completed to 11 and about 20K words. I know there are still a lot of holes so I think my next step is to kind of evaluate what I've covered and what I haven't. The scope is sort of broadly my childhood through highschool....basically as titled - the Growing Up Stories.

I know there are a number of things I've either just barely started (maybe just a title/idea) or only have a few words written.

Finishing this collection was one of my top goals at the beginning of the year, I got away from it for a bit partially due to the pain of writing some parts of it as well as distraction by other work, but am trying the focus on it and get it done by the end of the year as originally intended.

08-13-2013, 10:34 PM	#170
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I've had a few rough weeks with not much completed, but today I think I finally focused on a title for a new poetry collection "The Poet of Utah Park" (see the user poetry thread for the poem) and spendt most of the day today seeing if I was ready. I think I may be. I potentially have enough poems which will have to be vetted and organized but it things are good I might have together in a week or two. Woo-Hoo! Guess I've written more poems than I'd thought. Last edited by kennyc; 08-17-2013 at 08:15 AM.

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08-12-2013, 06:21 PM	#166
Namekuseijin affordable chipmunk Posts: 1,290 Karma: 9863855 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Sony XPeria ZL, Kindle Paperwhite	hmm, I'm actually considering publishing an ebook of haiku on Amazon and/or Google Play Books. I've written about a thousand in a year or so, should pickup my favorites, illustrate them and thus publish actually an ebook of haigas. of course, it's in portuguese and will probably cater for about 2 or 3 people if I can get my sisters to buy it, but what the heck, it's a goal...

08-12-2013, 06:59 PM	#167
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Go for it!

08-12-2013, 08:17 PM	#168
HistoryWes Teacher/Novelist Posts: 632 Karma: 2274466 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nevada Device: Nook STR, iPad	My goal for the past several years has been to complete 5 books a year of various lengths. I've only met that goal once, but it continues to be the one I shoot for.

08-12-2013, 08:28 PM	#169
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Thank seems an awful ambitious goal Wes.....depends on length and type though I guess...

08-17-2013, 06:37 AM	#171
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Got my poetry book, my 2nd collection "The Poet of Utah Park" finished, arranged, organized and published! Woo-Hoo! I love e-publishing, if this was traditional the release would be a year away...if that soon!

08-17-2013, 07:58 AM	#172
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	Congrat's Kenny - though I'm still not sure how you managed to get from "seeing if I was ready" to "finished, arranged, organized and published" in just three days. I spent that long just working how whether the title should be three pixels down from where I had it on the cover.

09-01-2013, 01:12 PM	#174
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	A status follow-up. I've got my nose to the grindstone here this First of September and the day before the Labor Day Holiday. Did a monthly status and since I'm feeling the pressure of the approaching end of year I wanted to revisit my goals and see where I'm at. Nowhere near the word count I'd hoped for (1000 words/day) but am doing maybe 250-350 a day and it's very inconsistent. I've done reasonably well in my prose - essay/article/fiction totals in that I've completed 34 pieces 4 of them fiction 13 articles and 17 essays I've completed something like 95 poems. I have/had a goal of 1 or 2 novels but that is not working but I have gotten a bit done on one including some outlining/story/plotting and writing but really nothing to speak of. I published a collection of Science articles mentioned above - How Do We Know which includes 13 science articles of all types. I published a second poetry collection - The Poet of Utah Park which includes 51 (of the 95 that I've written) poems. I'm reasonably happy with where I'm at but do wish I could up my average daily word count. You'd think that I might be making some money from this, but nah..... I've probably made enough in these almost two years I've been at this to buy a couple of cheap dinners out. That's okay though, I'm pleased with the progress and will continue to Chase The Dream! I had a bit of enlightenment earlier this month (which I wrote about elsewhere) when I heard a writer (Shindler's List) discussing how the reward for him was getting the words right and hearing him describe it as almost a drug-like high. I realized that I may have been actually fighting myself with my steadfast refusal to become addicted to anything and have concluded that I need to instead embrace writing. I has helped in getting the work done. In summary: 34 Prose Pieces completed 95 Poems completed 2 books published Writing is a Drug. Embrace it! Now! what about your goals and your status?

09-08-2013, 08:41 AM	#177
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Just wrote the last chapter of book 5. At 97k words the first draft is done. Unlike most author advice you hear out there, my books usually GROW in my first few edit passes mainly because I have a tendency to push on through scenes and leave out key details that I need to add back in. Then my editors will grow through it and stuff will get cut.. and the book will end up around 97-100k words when done. LOL

09-08-2013, 08:55 AM	#178
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Congrats Vincent! I too tend to expand my initial drafts when editing...

09-08-2013, 04:39 PM	#179
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,039 Karma: 459735575 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Congrats, VydorScope! I'm still plodding along.

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09-19-2013, 04:39 PM	#180
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I've been a bit frustrated the last few weeks, particularly with getting new words written, but over the last week or so I've been able to refocus on my non-fiction essay (memoir) work - Growing Up Stories and have edited and hopefully completed 6 pieces bringing the total completed to 11 and about 20K words. I know there are still a lot of holes so I think my next step is to kind of evaluate what I've covered and what I haven't. The scope is sort of broadly my childhood through highschool....basically as titled - the Growing Up Stories. I know there are a number of things I've either just barely started (maybe just a title/idea) or only have a few words written. Finishing this collection was one of my top goals at the beginning of the year, I got away from it for a bit partially due to the pain of writing some parts of it as well as distraction by other work, but am trying the focus on it and get it done by the end of the year as originally intended.