Sticking to my goals really isn't easy. At all. The goals themselves are simple enough: I lay out exactly what I want to work on each month and do my best to fulfill that list. I've found that I generally accomplish about seventy percent of my goals for each month, which isn't too bad when I break it down. It amounts to approximately 15-30k words a month, plus any editing and formatting for other stories I'm submitting. I'm very proud of that number, yet sticking to working on the stories actually on my goals list is another matter entirely.
Take this month for example. My writing goals were to work on my Supernatural Consultant series, my Oracle series, and Kelpie Blue. The latter two I haven't touched at all while the former I've written about 4k total in two different stories. I know it's still early in the month and that I'm spending a large portion of it on vacation so that number isn't a bad one in any way, but I've also written 2k in Ge-Mi, which wasn't even a glimmer on my goals list. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to work on Ge-Mi. I don't usually write science fiction, so this story is always an exciting opportunity to stretch my wings. I also really like the characters and am looking forward to telling their story fully, but I wasn't planning on working on it at all. I have momentum going with Ge-Mi at the moment and I can absolutely see myself writing another 5-10k. If I stop working on Ge-Mi to focus solely on the stories in my goals I may lose the opportunity to work on Ge-Mi. The momentum might not return for months or longer and I really don't want that to happen, but at the same time I chose the stories on my goals list for a reason and taking the time away from those stories for another isn't ideal. Hence my conundrum. In the end I'm probably going to see how far my momentum with Ge-Mi will take the story. I'm not working on anything with a deadline so nothing else takes priority. The honest truth is, if I had gotten the momentum for Ge-Mi at the end of December I wouldn't have had any problem putting it onto my goals list for January. There's also still enough time left in the month to work on my other stories as well, so maybe I'll still accomplish my goals in addition.
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April 15, 2023 AuthorMell Eight is an author writing with NSP. For more information about Mell and her writing, please visit her website: http://melleightfiction. Tags
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