Once upon a time I had set a goal to myself to write 500 words a day. It was working really well, and I got a lot accomplished on my story. Everything was great... until I got promoted.
Yes, getting promoted is a good thing. It means more money, and more responsibilities and everything, and I'm happy for my new position. It just proved to be extremely time consuming, and my 500 words a day promise went out the window. The retail world became my life and I had to offer up my writing time to the fashion gods as a sacrificial lamb.
Well, I want to change that. Now that I'm out of school and no one's making me write for homework assignments, I haven't been doing it. So I'm reinstating the 500 words a day. It's not that much, so I still have time to work, socialize, and do everything else that I want as well as write. The 500 word blueprint is just something to strive for so I start picking up a pen and putting it to paper again.
So what will I write in these 500 words or more? Well, that will depend on the day. Last time, I had to dedicate my 500 words to working towards my novel, but this time I'm not going to limit myself like that. I want to work on short stories that I can send out in attempt to get published, I have to keep my blog updated, as well as continue to work on my novel.
I'm hoping that this excursion into a minimum word a day writing experiment will work. Since I've been working more, I'm used to the long hours and can now do more before or after work. There's also the possibility that my hours are going to be cut back in the near future, so I'm going to use the new extra time for something productive.
It's time that I start to put this degree in writing to some good use...
No comments:
Post a Comment