{"id":427,"date":"2024-02-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timothypatrickbrown.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2024-02-19T22:38:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:38:53","slug":"belated-2024-writing-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timothypatrickbrown.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/13\/belated-2024-writing-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Belated 2024 Writing Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently attended a day workshop on planning for the year<\/a> at Queensland Writer Centre. I very much enjoyed it, in part because it was the first time I\u2019d met other writers. Inspired by that, these are my belated 2024 goals. It\u2019s always good to be externally accountable – and posting on my writerly blog does that job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main Goal<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Finish my first romantic fiction novel, Softening, of 85,000 words including at least one full beta read and complete the resultant edits, then enter at least one competition for unpublished manuscripts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The competition I\u2019d like to enter is Publishable<\/a>, again at QWC. It\u2019s home turf and you get decent feedback with options to add-on more when you enter. I doubt I\u2019ll be ready in time though. Last year’s deadline was May. I\u2019ll definitely have my novel completed with multiple edits then. What takes time is the beta reads. While I could carry on editing while it\u2019s out being read, it risks being a waste of time. Editing while the book is in beta feels like fiddling while Rome burns. I might crack out a few good tunes, but it will have all been rather futile when I have to rebuilt everything. So, I may have to enter another competition towards the end of the year to fulfil that goal. Time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mini Goals<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few other things that I\u2019d like to do<\/p>\n\n\n\n