Month Five, Day One!

[wintergrey]

Today is my unbirthday and also May Day, so it is one of my favourite days. It's the start of the May challenge, too.

So, how do you go about reaching your goals? Do you plan it out step-by-step, set deadlines, poke at it, do it all as fast as you can, or wait until the last minute? Have you ever wanted to try a different strategy? How are you going to do it this month?

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Today, in fanfic, I...

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wrote.
7 (53.8%)

edited.
3 (23.1%)

researched.
2 (15.4%)

outlined.
2 (15.4%)

plotted.
5 (38.5%)

daydreamed.
7 (53.8%)

read about writing.
0 (0.0%)

wrote about writing.
3 (23.1%)

talked about writing.
2 (15.4%)

did none of the above, and that's okay.
0 (0.0%)

did something I might share with you in comments.
2 (15.4%)

My goals for today...

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Mean: 5.92 Median: 6 Std. Dev 2.56

laughed in my face. 1		0 (0.0%)
2		1 (8.3%)
3		2 (16.7%)
4		1 (8.3%)
5		2 (16.7%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		3 (25.0%)
8		1 (8.3%)
9		0 (0.0%)
cried for their mommy. 10		2 (16.7%)

Comments

[crowdog66]

Today I did research for, wrote and posted a falconry-based pre-slash piece in the Lethe!verse, "Jesses". Considering I had no particular writing goals for today beyond a bit of plotting, that's not too bad at all.

This month, as in months past, I'm going to tackle my goals by setting aside a couple of hours each morning (minimum) for writing, with the aim of putting out at least 1500 words of something every day. Some days it'll be plotting, other days writing, other days editing/rewrites... I'm not sure how it will all shake out come month's end, but the key for me is to keep up a steady output.

[wintergrey]

Awesome on getting something done and up there! I think that's a great goal, good luck with it. :) Doing something every day can be really good for getting in the groove. I do find that I need breaks, personally, but other people can just keep going. That always amazes me.