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Writing Status and Goals

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Current Totals

Type of Writing # Written # Published
Short Stories 142 2
Novels 13 0
Articles 35 31
Plays 5 0
Poems 3 0

This Year's Totals

Type of Writing # Written # Edited # Submitted (includes multiple times) # Published
Short Stories 13 24 55 0
Novels 3 5 13 0
Articles 15 16 13 14


Type of Writing Words Written
Total 473,801
Fiction 391,886
World Building 53,047
Synopsis 8,805
Articles 19,947


Annual Goals

Goal: Status
Finish Beneath the Mask Done!
250,000 Words Written Upgraded to 500,000 -- Status: 473k (Just missed the upgrade)
Edit One Novel to Final and Submission Kyrnie (Second edit pass in process.) -- Did not happen.
Complete First Pass Edit on a Novel first edit complete for: Heart of the Crystal
What You See
Second edit complete for: The Queen's Return
Kyrnie
Polish edit complete for: Shafter
Write 2 Novels Beneath the Mask is complete (started with 28k from 2004)
The Great Selkie is complete
The Demon Rules is complete for NaNo
Bring Out Your Dead is in process at about 80k
Send 5 New Shorts to Market Sent:
Bought and Paid For
To Begin Again
God's Petition
When the Shoe Won't Fit
To Seek Purity
Complete 2yr Novel Class on Forward Motion What You See is complete at 137,653 and is now with critters. It will not be ready for submission by the end of class.
   

Forward Motion Participation
(www.fmwriters.com)

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Monthly Marathons

Word Count
January:
Take 1 - 5128 (8 hrs)
Take 2 - 5603 (11 hrs)
February:
Take 1 - 10119 (13 hrs)
Take 2 - 6731 (11 hrs)
March:
Take 1 - N/A
Take 2 - 15308 (20 hrs)
April:
Take 1 - 10366 (15 hrs)
Take 2 - 15007 (21 hrs)
May:
Take 1 - 8033 (12 hrs)
Take 2 6741 - (11 hrs)
June:
Take 1 - 8123 (12 hrs)
Take 2 - 3317 (4 hrs)
July:
Take 1 - 6867 (8 hrs)
Take 2 - 10237 (12 hrs)
August:
Take 1 - N/A
Take 2 - 6205 (9 hrs)
September:
Take 1 - 5099 (6 hrs)
Take 2 - 7014 (11 hrs)
October:
Take 1 - 10377 (16 hrs)
Take 2 - 15332 (20 hrs)
November:
Take 1 - 10577 (15 hrs)
Take 2 - 10272 (14 hrs)
December:
Take 1 - 8240 (10 hrs)
Take 2 - N/A


Edit
January:
Take 1 - 14487 (11 hrs)
Take 2 - 20169 (10.5 hrs)
February:
Take 1 - 18381 (13.75 hrs)
Take 2 - 6513 (10.5 hrs)
March:
Take 1 - 17563 (19 hrs)
Take 2 - N/A
April:
Take 1 - 5691 (12.25 hrs)
Take 2 - 18044 (13.25 hrs)
May:
Take 1 - 22721 (17 hrs)
Take 2 - N/A
June:
Take 1 - 16605 (10.25 hrs)
Take 2 - 11375 (8.75 hrs)
July:
Take 1 - 8171 (7 hrs)
Take 2 - 12840 (6.9 hrs)
August:
Take 1 - 14772 (10 hrs)
Take 2 - N/A
September:
Take 1 - 5223 (7 hrs)
Take 2 - 10434 (12 hrs)
October:
Take 1 - N/A
Take 2 - 11153 (9.25 hrs)
November:
Take 1 - 23987 (11.75 hrs)
Take 2 - 17993 (10.84 hrs)
December:
Take 1 - 16312 (11.75 hrs)
Take 2 - 6194 (4.5)


Fifth Wheel
January - Character Building: 4018 (5 hrs)
April - To Market To Market: 11 points (5 hrs)
July - SynopsesNo points. Participation level because only managed a few hot premise crits.
October - World Building (NaNo Prework)3067 words (hours not tracked)

Monthly Challenges

Challenge Result
February Romance Challenge Completed a 1000 word scene of Jasper and Daphne meeting (from Beneath the Mask).
March Madness Completed 35,046 in a week long intense writing marathon.
May Story A Day Completed 10 stories in a month.
August - Outline Challenge Completed 50 scenes of Bring Out Your Dead in a week.
August - Labor of Love Completed 15056 over 4 days (24 working hrs)
October - Outline Challenge Completed 50 scenes of The Face She Wears (book 1) in a week.

Note: I've moved away from participation in most monthly challenges for the moment to focus on my overall writing goals. Though the challenges are fun and allow me to explore different aspects of writing, they are a treat after the hard work is done. However, if a challenge helps further my goals, I'm right there in line.

Dares

Months/Dares Results
January-February
Novel -- New Material/Master Level(8 chapters/1)
Novel -- Rewrite Material/Master Level(80000 words edited/)
Novel -- Submission/Apprentice (4 queries/)
Short Stories -- Rewrite Material/Journeyman Level(6 stories/)
Critique Dare/Apprentice Level(8 critiques/1)
Word Count/Apprentice Level(59000 words/0)
January-February
Novel -- New Material/Master Level(8/8) Succeeded!
Novel -- Rewrite Material/Master Level(80000/137634) Passed!
Novel -- Submission/Apprentice (4/5) Passed!
Short Stories -- Rewrite Material/Apprentice Level (Downgraded)(4/5) Downgraded.
Critique Dare/Journeyman Level(16/17) Upgraded!
Word Count/Apprentice Level(59000/62264) Passed!
April-May
Novel -- New Material/Master Level (8 Chapters)
Novel -- Rewrite/Master Level (80000 words)
Novel Submission -- Queries/Apprentice (4 queries)
Short stories -- New Material/Master Level (8 short stories)
Short Stories -- Rewrite/Apprentice Level (4 stories rewritten and submitted)
Critique Dare/Apprentice Level (8 critiques of 500 or more words)
Word Count/Apprentice Level (61,000)
April-May
Novel -- New Material/Master Level(8/9)
Novel -- Rewrite/Master Level(80000/81252)
Novel Submission -- Queries/Apprentice(4/3 -- Failed this one by choice because my available novels are already out.)
Short stories -- New Material/Master Level(8/8)
Short Stories -- Rewrite/Apprentice Level(4/4)
Critique Dare/Apprentice Level(8/8)
Word Count/Apprentice Level(61000/74566)
July-August
Novel -- New Material/Master Level(8 new chapters)
Novel -- Rewrite/Master Level(80000 words edited minimum up to a full novel)
Novel Submission -- Queries/Apprentice(Send 4 queries)
Short Stories -- Rewrite/Apprentice Level(Rewrite 4 stories)
Critique Dare/Journeyman Level(Crit 16 short stories/chapters)
Nonfiction Dare/ Apprentice Level(Write 2 articles)
World Building Dare/Apprentice Level(Write 4000 words)
Word Count/Apprentice Level(Write 62000 words)
July-August
Novel -- New Material/Master Level(8/8) -- Succeeded
Novel -- Rewrite/Master Level(80000/81487) -- Succeeded
Novel Submission -- Queries/Apprentice(4/0) -- Failed
Short Stories -- Rewrite/Apprentice Level(4/0) -- Failed
Critique Dare/Journeyman Level(16/4) -- Mostly Failed
Nonfiction Dare/ Apprentice Level(2/3) -- Succeeded
World Building Dare/Apprentice Level(4000/11067) -- Succeeded and should have upgraded
Word Count/Apprentice Level(62000/67073) -- Succeeded
October-November
Novel -- New Material/Master Level(8 chapters)
Novel -- Rewrite/Master Level(80000 words)
Novel Submission -- Queries/Apprentice(4 queries)
Short Stories -- Rewrite/Apprentice Level(4 stories)
Word Count/Apprentice Level(61,000 words)
Flash Fiction -- Rewrite Material/Apprentice Level (4 flash)
October-November
Novel -- New Material/Master Level(8 chapters)(8/8)
Novel -- Rewrite/Master Level(80000 words)(80000/117630)
Novel Submission -- Queries/Apprentice(4 queries)(4/4)
Short Stories -- Rewrite/Apprentice Level(4 stories)(4/5)
Word Count/Journeyman Level *Upgraded* (92,000 words)(92000/113768)
Flash Fiction -- Rewrite Material/Apprentice Level (4 flash)(4/4)
Critique Dare/Master Level (24 crits)(24/26)

Annual challenges

Challenge: Result:
250,000 Words This Year Status: Completed. Passed with 284k
500,000 Words This Year Status: Missed. 473,801

Classes

Forward Motion Classes
Only a Novel (2-year novel writing course) Lazette Gifford


Forward Motion Back to School Classes
Month: Class: Teacher:
March Sensory Perception Erin M_H
April Melee Fighting Weaselboy
May To Fight or Not to Fight: A Practical Guide to Historical Warfare and Army-building l_clausewitz


Forward Motion Moderator Classes
Month: Class: Teacher:
July Writing Short - A Mini-Class Justin Stanchfield

Other Activities

National Novel Writing Month

NaNoWriMo 2005
Novel Written: The Demon Rules - a YA fantasy adventure.

Nano Marathons:
1 - 6836 (8 hrs)
2 - 7085 (8 hrs)
3 - N/A

Events

Potlatch 14--March

BayCon 2005--May

Challenges

2005 OWW World's Strongest Writer Marathon--July
Result: 24,456 words and The Great Selkie finished on 7/17/05.

2005 OWW World's Strongest Writer Marathon--October
Result: 31,397 words on Bring Out Your Dead. The novel is not finished, but I was going for 1k per day and did succeed in that.

 

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