Scheduling: I like to pretend I can do it
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naomi_jayEvery now and then for giggles and shits, I like to draw up a timetable of things I want to write. I never stick to it. Ever. But I still do it, because it makes me feel like I'm being Oragnised and Professional. Currently my schedule looks something like this:
Finish Wild redraft by end of August. - I actually think I can do this. I'm about 20k from the end and there'll be less stuff to add into the final section then there was in the beginning and middle sections.
Finish first draft of Death to the Born. - I haven't set an exact time for this, but ideally I'd like to have it completed by the end of October, which again, is perfectly possible.
Finish first draft of Sekrit Project that I'm Sekritly working on. - In theory, shouldn't take long coz it's a novella.
Take another look at Fire and Moonlight. - My Scarlett books are the whole reason I write and I want them to sell, because I have too many awesome characters and ideas for this series. I think realistically that means making a few changes here and there. Nothing major, just ramping up the darkity darkness.
Write first draft of the full-length Theo Kane novel. - Theo is the main character from a short story I had published a while back, and I have some more awesome ideas for a novel starring her. Must be done. Soon.
Now, here are all the reasons I won't be able to stick to this schedule:
The Sims - They keep having babies and it's a lot of work to stop the Sims Child Protection Agency taking them away.
The Fish Babies - Similar to above, but replace "Sims Child Protection Agency" with "bullying bigger fish" and "taking them away" with "eating them."
Lost - I'm halfway through season three, and every time Pip says "shall we watch one more episode?" I totally cave and say yes, because I'm fascinated by Locke.
Work - I'm not actively looking for a new job at the moment because my boss is doing a hell of a lot to keep me happy right now, probably in light of all the other members of staff who are leaving. They're giving me a minion next summer! I might have to stick around just for that! But yeah, after seven hours of staring at a computer at work, I don't want to sit at my laptop at home.
So really, the only goal I'm confident about meeting anytime soon is finishing Wild. And then I'll probably decide it sucks and start rewriting it again.
Finish Wild redraft by end of August. - I actually think I can do this. I'm about 20k from the end and there'll be less stuff to add into the final section then there was in the beginning and middle sections.
Finish first draft of Death to the Born. - I haven't set an exact time for this, but ideally I'd like to have it completed by the end of October, which again, is perfectly possible.
Finish first draft of Sekrit Project that I'm Sekritly working on. - In theory, shouldn't take long coz it's a novella.
Take another look at Fire and Moonlight. - My Scarlett books are the whole reason I write and I want them to sell, because I have too many awesome characters and ideas for this series. I think realistically that means making a few changes here and there. Nothing major, just ramping up the darkity darkness.
Write first draft of the full-length Theo Kane novel. - Theo is the main character from a short story I had published a while back, and I have some more awesome ideas for a novel starring her. Must be done. Soon.
Now, here are all the reasons I won't be able to stick to this schedule:
The Sims - They keep having babies and it's a lot of work to stop the Sims Child Protection Agency taking them away.
The Fish Babies - Similar to above, but replace "Sims Child Protection Agency" with "bullying bigger fish" and "taking them away" with "eating them."
Lost - I'm halfway through season three, and every time Pip says "shall we watch one more episode?" I totally cave and say yes, because I'm fascinated by Locke.
Work - I'm not actively looking for a new job at the moment because my boss is doing a hell of a lot to keep me happy right now, probably in light of all the other members of staff who are leaving. They're giving me a minion next summer! I might have to stick around just for that! But yeah, after seven hours of staring at a computer at work, I don't want to sit at my laptop at home.
So really, the only goal I'm confident about meeting anytime soon is finishing Wild. And then I'll probably decide it sucks and start rewriting it again.
I went and saw The Dark Knight again last night - it's just as awesome the second time round, so I might have to go for a third viewing. Also very intrigued by the Hellboy II trailer as it appears to have Cthulhu in it. Not to mention one of the guys from Bros doing a watered-down Kain impression (I don't know whether it's Matt or Luke). My brother had Bros posters when we were kids! And now one of them is in Hellboy! That pleases me greatly. If they ever do make a Soul Reaver movie (and we all pray they will), I'd pick Matt or Luke Goss to be Kain. I'm not sure who'd play Raziel. I'm not sure it would matter since whoever it was would be buried under a ton of prosthetics, but it should be someone with a sexy, cultured voice. And no lower jaw.
Those two requirements are probably mutally exclusive though.
Those two requirements are probably mutally exclusive though.
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