Holy crap! It's the end of April. Didn't January just start or something?
So I've ended a semester of a novella-focused writing course (as in, pieces to a single short story that once come together happen to make a novella), registered for a Sci-Fi writing course in the summer with a Professor I've heard great feedback about, and registered for two courses (one on technical skills, one a fiction workshop) in the Fall.
Accomplishments: I've written the major portions of the first act of the second WIP in my series, greatly fleshed out the three main characters of that WIP, and gotten very positive feedback from three other students and the instructor. Total word count is at NANO levels (49,000 in my document and probably another thousand in my notebook, with at least two thousand left to write), though several of the chapters are on Draft 2-4. I've also gotten some new craft elements to keep in mind.
Goals for the summer: Another 50,000 words in my main WIPs. Like this semester, I'm going to keep unrelated prompts out of the count. I also want to get at least one new short story that I feel deserves the time and energy to polish for publication out of it.
Goals for the Fall semester: Another 50,000 words in my main WIPs. Some form of monetary compensation for writing - hopefully as a university Writing Center tutor but if not, focus on publishing a short story. Get involved in the university writing community, either as a tutor, an editor of a school publication, a writer for the newsletter, or by organizing a writing event. Write at least one of my existing ideas into a screenplay.
So I've ended a semester of a novella-focused writing course (as in, pieces to a single short story that once come together happen to make a novella), registered for a Sci-Fi writing course in the summer with a Professor I've heard great feedback about, and registered for two courses (one on technical skills, one a fiction workshop) in the Fall.
Accomplishments: I've written the major portions of the first act of the second WIP in my series, greatly fleshed out the three main characters of that WIP, and gotten very positive feedback from three other students and the instructor. Total word count is at NANO levels (49,000 in my document and probably another thousand in my notebook, with at least two thousand left to write), though several of the chapters are on Draft 2-4. I've also gotten some new craft elements to keep in mind.
Goals for the summer: Another 50,000 words in my main WIPs. Like this semester, I'm going to keep unrelated prompts out of the count. I also want to get at least one new short story that I feel deserves the time and energy to polish for publication out of it.
Goals for the Fall semester: Another 50,000 words in my main WIPs. Some form of monetary compensation for writing - hopefully as a university Writing Center tutor but if not, focus on publishing a short story. Get involved in the university writing community, either as a tutor, an editor of a school publication, a writer for the newsletter, or by organizing a writing event. Write at least one of my existing ideas into a screenplay.
