June 21st marks the beginning of summer and is the longest day of the year. After tomorrow, the days shorten until the longest night of the year on December 21st.
Where are you on your journey toward accomplishing the writing goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the year?
How many pages, scenes or words are left to reach the end of this draft of your novel, memoir, screenplay?
Divide that number by the 182 days left until the 21st of Dec. The final number represents the pages, scenes or words needed per day to reach your goal.
Doable?
Revise it until it works.
To celebrate the turning of the seasons and in honor of the Universal Story:
1) Recommit to your goals.
2) Speak your goals out loud.
3) Mark the time needed to accomplish the page, scene or word count on your calendar.
Everyday, focus only on what you intend to accomplish that day. Forget the big picture for now. Concentrate on getting the words on the page.
Do not assume the journey turns effortless because of your recommitment. Expect it to become way worse. Keep writing anyway.
For tips about the Universal Story and writing a novel, memoir or screenplay, visit Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? on YouTube. A directory of all the steps to the series is to the right of this post. Enjoy!
Great tip! Thanks so much for posting!
Just watched the whole series. Great information. Now to get to the hard part…replotting my two books. Thank you for doing the YouTube series. It has helped me try to refocus and get out of the creeping rot feel of the middle of the books. Great start. Stagnant middle. 🙂