(This has nothing to do with the content of this blog post, but it feels crazy to type in 2020 as the year haha!)
So, I have some awesome news! While going on my morning walk (because I do those) I was talking to myself (because I give great advice) to arrange how I wanted to divi-up my year and what I wanted to achieve. Well, I decided to divide the year into quarters — lots of people do, and for good reason — and then decided I would “challenge” myself by saying, “I’m going to finish writing and revising part 1 of the first book in my series Evercrown this quarter.”
However, as I went over the list of chapters in my head, I realized I only have — as of right now — five more chapters to write in part 1…… * screeches like a little girl * . I busted out chapter 9 in two writing sessions today to get me down to only five chapters to go in part 1, and I am so happy. It feels so amazing to slip back into my characters’ heads and project the story I’ve been crafting for, like, three years.
With the number of remaining chapters in part 1, I decided to finish writing it in this month (January, for those who haven’t been outside in a while) instead of this quarter. The remaining time in the quarter will be spent revising all of part 1 into it’s third draft, thus making Evercrown half way done y’all * screeches like a little girl *. Due to my seasonal job, however, much of February will be devoted to that instead of writing because of crazy hours, but if I can complete my goal of finishing part 1 of Evercrown to it’s third draft I’ll hafta…I don’t know…I’ll get back to y’all on how I’ll reward myself, but I’m definitely gonna be relieved and maybe cry a little…it’ll be something to do with Instagram, for sure. I’ll get back to y’all on that.
Now, here’s the plan for how I’m going to tackle writing the other half of Evercrown throughout the year.
Write a minimum of two draft 1 chapters a week.
Revise said chapters from draft 1 to draft 2 in the same week.
If I finish and still have more days in the week, UTILIZE THOSE DAYS!!!! (no wasted time. We need to kick it into gear!") which means working my platform, keeping y’all updated, working on my other project, The Seat of Cath, and putting the final touches to the website (it’s a little bare at the moment…don’t fret, I’ll fix it.)
As for my other project, The Seat of Cath, I will still be working on it alongside Evercrown as I said above. It’s my goal to finish revising part 2, 3, and 4 of The Seat of Cath from draft 1 to draft 2 by the end of the quarter. I think this is easily attainable as any spare time in my weeks are usually devoted to The Seat of Cath, my socials (check ‘em out, I try to have a good time on ‘em), or mental/physical health…also friends, family, books, water, and food…those are important, too.
Alright y’all, that’ll be it for this post! Keep a look out for more updates and join me on my writing journey! I hope your 2020 is wonderful and to its fullest. And, to all the writers out there reading this — write the words and make all the things!