So, the month- the year!- is over and it's time to reevaluate where I stand in my writing. This month my goal was to write 500 words a day, and that didn't happen. Well, I did write a lot, just not every day. I surpassed my original goal, which was fantastic, but also failed to completely reach the original goal in that I didn't write every day. Well, in 2016 that will be changing. No matter what, even if it's been a really busy day, I will write 500 words minimum. Other than that one little thing, though, my writing has surpassed my goals and I have to reevaluate what they will be.
December- I wrote just over 22,000 words when I had planned to write 12,500
January 2016- 15,000 (total: 37,000)
February- 14,500 (total: 51,500)
March- 15,500 (total: 67,000)
April (camp nano)- 33,000-50,000 (total: finish the novel)
May, June, July, August, September, and October will dedicated to editing Sand and Storm, and I'll also probably work on another project at the same time. I don't know what that project will be, yet (since I have so many idea), but I want to have several options to query with if one doesn't work. Obviously, more information will come when I finish Sand and Storm.
Plan for Smoke and Mirrors:
November (nano)- 50,000
December- 15,500 (total: 65,500)
January 2017- 15,500 (total: 81,000)
February- 14,000 (total: 95,000)
March- 5,000-15,500 (total: finish the novel)
April, May, and June will be spent editing Smoke and Mirrors, and editing whatever the previous project was, since I don't think there will be time to complete anything of greater length in that period.
Plan for Wind and Rain:
July (camp nano)- 50,000
August- 15,500 (total: 65,500)
September- 14,500 (total: 80,000)
October- 15,500 (total: 95,500)
November- 4,500-50,000 (total: finish the novel)
So, that's the plan. It's not too much changed once you get past Sand and Storm, but I just wanted to update it completely for my own records as well. I'll check back in sporadically as I write, as per usual. Hopefully, I'll meet my 500 words a day count. Basically, I'm going to act like it's not a possibility not to.
Happy New Years!