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Writing Goals

Hey guys! So this is three months too late, but I’ve made a blank goals calendar for people to use in 2019.

I’ve uploaded two versions of the goals chart. 

The first is set up with the base goals I have for myself. This includes my daily and monthly word count—calculated so that I can have a few days off without ‘failing’—as well as exercise goals, blogging goals and my rewards, which is really just me buying more books for myself. I also have a different quote about writing each month and a progress bar on the side you can fill in just to make things fun. You can download the 2019 chart here.

My second version is exactly like the first, except you can add your own goals. It’s great for people at different levels of their writing career or for people who want to challenge themselves differently each month. This chart can be downloaded here.

If you want to customise your goals calendar even more, you can message me. I can usually make any changes pretty quickly or I could email you the InDesign files to change as you like. 

Happy writing!

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Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misinterpreted, or else understood all too well by those who hate the message. You never know who your readers might be.

Margaret Atwood

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You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.

Sandra Brown

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Writing, then, was a substitute for myself: if you don't love me, love my writing & love me for my writing.

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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NaNoWriMo Goals Chart

Hey guys! Like a lot of you, I’m going to be doing NaNoWriMo next month, and subsequently I’ve updated my goals chart:

If you’re interested in using this chart you can download it, or you can also download a blank slate version of it that you can customise to reflect your own writing goals:

You can download the first chart here, and the blank one here. Also, if you’d like to make any further changes to the chart but can’t, hit me up! Editing it is really easy (takes less than a minute usually) and I always love it when people are interested in the things I make 😁 

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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that I am sure is why he does it.

Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood

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'Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.'

Lori Lansens, The Girls

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The words get easier the moment you stop fearing them.

Tahereh Mafi

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If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.

Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

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The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.

Stephen Sondheim

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What is important is the story. Because when we are all dust and teeth and kicked-up bits of skin—when we're dancing with our own skeletons—our words might be all that's left of us.

Alexandra Fuller, Scribbling the Cat

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NaNoWriMo Goals Chart

Hey guys! Like a lot of you, I’m going to be doing NaNoWriMo next month, and subsequently I’ve updated my goals chart:

If you’re interested in using this chart you can download it, or you can also download a blank slate version of it that you can customise to reflect your own writing goals:

You can download the first chart here, and the blank one here. Also, if you’d like to make any further changes to the chart but can’t, hit me up! Editing it is really easy (takes less than a minute usually) and I always love it when people are interested in the things I make 😁 

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I never met a word I didn't love.

Gail Carson Levine

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Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.

Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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Writing is the geometry of the soul.

Plato

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Wings of Wax and Magic

Killing the dragon is just the first step for Prince Cyrus. Surviving alone on an island with only its body for food and its magic for company is where the real journey begins—at least until he can find a way to escape.

In this magical retelling of the Icarus myth, Cyrus must battle the dragon more than once. First to save his nation, then to save himself.

Wings of Wax and Magic is my current WIP. It’s an epic fantasy novel mixed with some YA elements and lots of kick-ass characters. I’ve been working on this project for a while now, but I’m hoping to make some real progress with it this November during NaNoWriMo. If you’re doing Nano too, hit me up! I need every ounce of motivation I can get. Also, I’m still working on the cover, so let me know what you think!

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Being a writer is 1% inspiration, 50% perspiration and 49% explaining you're not a millionaire like J.K.Rowling.

Gabrielle Tozer