October Just Do It Thread

This thread is simple. Think of the Nike ads on T.V. "Just do it!" Procrastination is the enemy of writers. So, join me by posting your goals for the month of October. Make them measurable so that you can easily tell that you've reached them at the end of the month.

Go Team!

~Karen

My Goals

My October Just Do It Goals:

1. Write 15,000 words of That Child by 10/15/12.
2. Write 30,000 words of That Child by 10/31/12.
3. Write 3,000 word essay for women's magazine.
4. Write guest blog posts for November as they come in.
5. Make preparations for nanowrimo.

That's it for me. Pretty ambitious but I have to get a lot done so I can take the month of November off and do something fun - write a 50,000 word novel! LOL

Who else is with me?

Good goals!

Beth - actually three hours a day is really, really good! My book came out in November and I'm working on two others, and I often say that I'm good for three hours, and then my brain is done. You can get a LOT done in three focused hours. I have a friend who is quite prolific. He's an author with a popular series out...Random House, I think. Anyway, he says the same thing. He writes from 5am to 8am. Then he goes to his "real" job. So he only has those three hours. So, if you can accomplish that on a consistent basis, that's really great!

Can't wait to hear from you as you reach your goals! ~Karen

Melly- That's a good solid plan. You've really thought it through, which is what gets this hard task of writing/editing/rewriting done! Sounds great! Let us know as you reach your goals. ~Karen

Beth - You're welcome. It really can be done in short spurts, as long as they are consistent. Please do share as you accomplish your goals.

How is everybody doing? We're just about a week into our October goals. I'll be reporting my success tomorrow. ~Karen

OK...so I'm reporting for the first week of October. I've written 7,000 words on my WIP. That's a total of 27,000 for the book. I got behind a bit so had to write 3,000 today. That was a LOT! But I'm proud of myself for getting it done. Now I just need to keep up the momentum.

I am speaking at a conference this weekend, so I should write ahead for those days. And I forgot to add preparations for my presentation to my goals. That's really important since I'm doing a workshop I haven't done before, so I'm creating something new.

I have done some focused thinking about what I'll do for nanowrimo. I have it in mind, but not on paper yet.

I haven't started the other goals; I hope to this week.

Anyway, one week down; how are y'all doing on your goals? ~Karen