ROW80: Full steam ahead
I am feeling SO GOOD about my current writing project. It’s a contemporary romance with a geeky focus–my domain, if you will. It’s so fun and easy to write right now. Tuesday I got 2200 words, easily exceeding the goal I set for myself and making up for not getting a chance to write on Monday.
Because I am a crazy girl who loves concrete goals with high stakes, I heard about a submission call for an anthology that this story fits in perfectly…so I’ve decided to go for it, even though that means I need to have the story written and edited in about six weeks. It’s for novella length pieces, so that guideline helps me tell the story in a more compact way, which challenges me to tell it in a better way.
I want to make this happen. Badly. Because I want to point to this story and say, “I finished that. I submitted it.” I’m excited about it and only mildly terrified, which I’m sure will rachet up as the due date looms closer. But by my calculations I figure if I stay on the 1500-2000 words a day track, I’ll be done and have plenty of time for edits.
I am also making housework headway…I’ve been a tad stressed with a lot of work projects on my plate, so I have been relaxing my brain by turning on a playlist and Cleaning All the Things. I bought new cleaning supplies and now my kitchen is sparkly clean. I plan on working through the rest as the week progresses.
How is your week going, ROW80ers? Any big news?
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Eee, that sounds very exciting! Best of luck with it! It will feel so satisfying to be able to say you did that.
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go for it Jessica, good luck
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Good luck on the submission! How exciting. And awesome work on the word counts. Feels good to put that much down.
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Good luck… I’m going for a radio show contribution that read short stories written in relation to documentary type things…
Good luck on the epic daily goal! It’s doable… you just need to, well, do!
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Love that you have a deadline–and that you are so excited for it! Sounds like an awesome opportunity to really charge forward!
Good luck–I can’t wait to hear how this all turns out.
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Thanks Heather! I am really excited too. I do best on deadline (especially close to deadline, procrastination ahoy), so having something super concrete to work toward will hopefully help me a lot.
Oh that’s so cool Audrey! You’ll have to let me know if you get chosen so I can listen in. Look at us, making things happen.
Thanks Kathi…I am sort of terrified but also excited! It will be a fun experience if nothing else. Hopefully I can keep up the production!
Thanks Cas! I’m excited to go home and write tonight.
Thank you Emily. I am excited by the possibilities, and checking a 2012 goal off the list!
I am dancing a jig as you type, type, type away. I know you are going to make your goal, you are doing GREAT! You have me looking at my goals and knowing I can do more.
Peace,
Morgan
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Thank you Morgan! That’s what I love about setting a really achievable goal–I blow past it most of the time before I even realize it and feel so accomplished when I get a little ahead! But then it’s there if I am just not having a great day and need to make my minimum goal before I collapse into a pint of ice cream.
Achievable goals FTW!