A Late Post of Accountability
It’s Wednesday! Which really means not much except: get through it.
However, even though I’m not keeping up with the mentor posting and, instead, am focusing on my own writing…means I still need to keep up with the posts of accountability.
So, here’s what I’ve done since posting last:
1. Three chapters of The Line. Which included a re-examination of my structure and I decided to speed things up a little bit. So I upped the timeline. Which had the added bonus of making it more exciting for me to write, and I hope that translates to more excitement (not more confusion) for the reader.
I aim to be finished with Part One by mid-next-month.
2. Started a new short story. Since I’m not blogging as often, I’ve decided to use that extra time toward mastering the short story – or, at least, writing a few. My goal is one short story every two weeks. I’m defining one short story as the following: A.) A rough draft of something totally new or B.) A full edit of a short story that leads to a finished story.
I’m not totally beating myself up if I miss that, though. Novel first!
3. Sent out six submissiosns. Yay! Fingers crossed.
Anybody else do anything interesting/productive?
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Jenny writes dark fiction that her mother hates. Her stories and essays have appeared in Across the Margin, Pantheon, Shimmer, Black Denim Lit, Skive, and others. When she’s not writing her own stuff, she’s reading mysteries for Criminal Element. When she’s not writing fiction or reviews, she’s writing/directing/performing/designing plays at Springs Ensemble Theatre.
Keep those pages coming! Can't wait to read more.
Sounds great! I wish I could write short stories more often…