GSWC- Day 2

Hey everybody!

So I got a little impatient and I kind of want to get jump started on all my writing and everything. I think that I am going to go ahead and just do a few days of these prompts. I'm kind of an impatient person, it's something that I need to work on, especially with my writing. I get so caught up in my writing that I just want to jump straight to the end. Anyways, I'm getting off subject.

So the prompt for Day 2 is to make a road map for how you are going to reach your goals. Here is a refresher on what my goals were, but I've tried to narrow them down some and elaborate on them.

Short-Term Goals

• Finish writing my novel- To do this I am going to try to write 500-1,000 words a day. I figure that it will be easy for me to write this many words a day and once I get writing I will hopefully write more. 
• Edit my novel- The first step to this is to go back and read my novel/ edit it myself. Once this is done, I will try to find others to read it for me and to give me feedback. Then I will go back and re-read the novel, look at their feedback and edit it. 
• Compile my manuscript- I can use Scrivener (the software I use to write) to compile my novel into a manuscript, and look online to see what the best way to format them is.
• Publishing- Look into what it takes to find and agent/ publisher and decide what is best and work towards it. 
• Blogging- Once I am done with all of the challenges, I will try to post a blog post once a week. I also want to set up a page that is connected to this one where people can go to read my short stories/poetry.
• Write Something New- The goal is to sit down and write something new each week. I will give myself an hour a day to work on something new and then I want to post it to my blog for people to read. 
• Scenes- Sit down and write scenes that come to mind, maybe I can use them in my next book or in the book I am working on . 

Long-Term Goals

• Get Published- even if publishing my novel doesn't work out the first time, keep trying.
• Make it a career- I love writing and would love to do it for a living. I will keep trying, even if it is not the thing that is bringing in the most money at the moment. 
• Next Novel- Begin planning for my next novel and start writing. I want to always be looking forward and trying to come up with my next piece of work. 

There are my goals and how I plan to get to them. I need to come up with more long term goals. However, right now my main focus is to finish the novel that I am working on now. 

-Lizzy

(a.k.a: Elizabeth J. Harper)