tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647943464273479149.post5125888480933367089..comments2024-01-28T16:05:12.678-05:00Comments on Fairies, Fantasy, and Faith: Happy New Year and Setting GoalsPam Halterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980301862494655691noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647943464273479149.post-89927357443547848712010-01-08T14:26:21.972-05:002010-01-08T14:26:21.972-05:00Welcome, Bekah! Please don't feel scared or ev...Welcome, Bekah! Please don't feel scared or ever feel like you have nothing to contribute. Everyone is valuable here. We're all going to learn and discuss and I hope we'll have fun while we're doing it.Pam Halterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980301862494655691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647943464273479149.post-29120137628972966432010-01-07T17:17:33.657-05:002010-01-07T17:17:33.657-05:00Hi, I'm Bekah. I've been secretly stalking...Hi, I'm Bekah. I've been secretly stalking the discussion, but I've been busy and (fine, I'll admit it) a little scared to comment among all you talented and smart people. :) So there's my first writerly 2010 resolution: start posting here.<br /><br />The rest are:<br /><br />+ designate an hour everyday to write (two hours daily on the weekends). It's too easy to get caught up in life and end up with only a few scattered sentences and a hurried poem or two by the end of the month (December's sad story...).<br />+ diligently blog once a week. I keep promising myself I will, but...you know... <br />+ finish my WIP by the next new year. <br /><br />We'll see how many of these I actually manage to keep as the year goes on :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647943464273479149.post-73361650166877458022010-01-06T14:57:57.821-05:002010-01-06T14:57:57.821-05:00Here's mine:
* Finish WIP before next decembe...Here's mine:<br /><br />* Finish WIP before next december<br /><br />* Finish my little story in five days<br /><br />* To find new books to read<br /><br /> :) Thank you for this blog, Mrs. Halter!!Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647943464273479149.post-18414362254859988142010-01-06T12:28:12.376-05:002010-01-06T12:28:12.376-05:00Good goals, Doug! Congrats on completing your WIP...Good goals, Doug! Congrats on completing your WIP before Jan. 1st!!<br /><br />My goals:<br /><br />1) to finish the private writing space upstairs<br /><br />2) to finish my WIP<br /><br />3) to read at least 2 books on writing<br /><br />4) to read the fantasy novels my brother gave me<br /><br />5) to find new and interesting things for my blogPam Halterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980301862494655691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647943464273479149.post-52292553899997034502010-01-05T09:47:40.255-05:002010-01-05T09:47:40.255-05:00First of all my goal for 2009 was to finish the fi...First of all my goal for 2009 was to finish the first draft of my WIP. I finished the first draft at 9:00 PM on New Years eve. Three hours early, that's good for me.<br /><br />2010 goals:<br />I started doing a monthly newsletter in September and did one for each following month of 2009. For 2010 I want to send out a newsletter each month.<br /><br />In June of 2009 I created Blog sites for the four main characters of my book. In the last 7 months of 2008 I posted 18 blogs entries, or about 2 per month. In 2010 I want to post at least on entry per week.<br /><br />I was inspired my Christine's flogging. By March I want to have submitted my first 16 lines for a flogging. I'm not sure I can do any better than most of the people who get flogged there, and I have to admit I'm a little fearful to try, but it seems like a first good step to get ready to send my WIP to an editor, where I'm sure they'll flog the whole thing.<br /><br />My WIP has very short chapters. 108 chapters of about 1050 words each (133,00 words total). I've created a check list from the things I learned from The Fire In Fiction. I want to do a revision of four chapters a week, or all of them by the end of June.<br />What's the point, Outer turn, Inner turn, Concise dialog, First Line, Last line, Micro tension, Building storm. <br /><br />Read the two books I received for my birthday on revisions and getting published by June so I will know how to do the second revision and start on the road to getting published.<br /><br />And finally, post something here each week:)Douglas G Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618565321153140988noreply@blogger.com