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Writing Wednesday: New Years Writing Resolutions

January 30, 2019

Happy Writing Wednesday…

My New Years resolution for 2019 is to finally finish my first draft and tbh it was my last New Years resolution of 2018 too…

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The truth is that last year I accepted a college position in the fall semester and things became incredibly busy and erratic since I was juggling a full-time job as a first-grade teacher. Luckily this year, I have made the decision to leave the professor life for the summers only and so far it has been the best decision I have ever made. In addition, I scaled back on my book blog because I was trying to do five posts a week and now I am limiting it to three posts week and this schedule works perfectly for me!

My schedule is primarily focused on putting out blog posts during the week and working on my novel on weekends and this has been more manageable with my schedule. In a perfect world, I would love to schedule my blog posts and my writing for the weekends but that is not possible! Maybe if I didn’t have to bring work home as most teachers do then I could actually achieve a smooth writing schedule!

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My Word Count…

My word count this year for my wip is 2,000 words and this is amazing for me since it’s only the first month of the year! I am lucky if I could get to 1,000 words for a whole month in most cases! Currently, I have written approximately 15,535 words for my wip and my goal is to get to 20,000 words by early February! 

Girlboss Writing Goals…

My goal for this year is to finish the first draft of my novel by April and the latest May! The earlier the better so I can really start getting into the editing process! Luckily I have myself a writing critique partner who is my blogging buddy who I do guest posts for on By Her Shelf! 

We are going to send each other our chapters on a bi-weekly basis and give one another feedback! I am so excited about this because I haven’t had a critique partner since my college days! Also, I plan to try the much talked about YA website Get Underlined which gives a lot of writerly advice for primarily YA writers.

My Novel…

My novel is a YA magical realism story that is set in Miami and I have been working on this novel for longer than I care to mention. I never took it seriously until last year when I turned 34 years old and began to freak out over life passing me by and all those 30-something anxieties we typically get! 

Even though this first draft of my novel is a hot mess and I have to make so many changes to it it has brought me so much happiness! Writing is a part of who I am and I only feel completely fulfilled when I am writing! 

Chat with me and let me know how is your Writing Wednesday?!

 

 

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