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Permalink Reply by Jessie Burche on March 22, 2011 at 9:08am

Hi Sandhya,

 

I'm in for a goal buddy. I've been working pretty diligently, but I keep discouraged by my inability to find my way out of a scene and around the constant responsibilities of "real life." My goal is to finish studying for the verbal section of GRE by this Saturday and finish writing my short story by Sunday. What are your goals?

Permalink Reply by Adriana Ryan on March 22, 2011 at 9:39am

Jessie,

I'm going to send you a private message so we can chat! :)

Permalink Reply by farzana on March 22, 2011 at 9:54am

i would love to join if you need another person - i have submitted some things but am also needing to study and squeeze in writing and working - so it would be great to have a "motivation" group.  also i think a group to talk with and bounce ideas off of and occasionally critique? 

Permalink Reply by Adriana Ryan on March 22, 2011 at 9:59am

Yay! That's great, Farzana! I'll send you a friend request so we can chat. Maybe we can all chat on here - the more the merrier!

Permalink Reply by farzana on March 22, 2011 at 10:02am

ok - that would be great!

Permalink Reply by Adriana Ryan on March 22, 2011 at 4:26pm

Hey Kyra!! Of COURSE there's room! :)

Permalink Reply by farzana on March 22, 2011 at 12:55pm

i'm in texas and moving to DC/MD/northern VA area btw.....

Permalink Reply by Deborah Siegel on March 22, 2011 at 1:02pm

LOVE THIS!  I just committed to a friend of mine to exchange pages every month.  It's the first time I've felt ready since working on this new project of mine, and just even committing to her has changed the alchemy in my head.  Sandhya, I salute you for getting this going!

Permalink Reply by Adriana Ryan on March 22, 2011 at 4:25pm

Yay, I'm so excited! This will be a GREAT motivator.

Okay, so here are my goals for the next two weeks:

- Finish up finessing two short stories for contests

- Write 1,000 words on my novella

- Edit two more pages in my novel (I'm only 35k into it, but I need to modify one character's voice)

- *Maybe* finish writing out scenes for the psychological thriller I've outlined

Those are a lot of goals, but I freelance from home, so this is my job! :) I'm excited to see how I measure up in two weeks. Shall we say the end date for these goals is cinco de Mayo (May 5th)?

And remember (and I'll try to, too!) - this is just for motivation. If we don't meet our goal(s) for the two weeks, there are always the next two weeks!! :) Anyone else want to share their goals?

Permalink Reply by Adriana Ryan on March 24, 2011 at 7:16am

OOPS!!! I meant APRIL 5th. Thanks, Farzana! :)

Permalink Reply by Michelle Grismer on March 23, 2011 at 5:42am

What a great idea.   What are you writing?

Permalink Reply by Adriana Ryan on March 23, 2011 at 10:28am

Michelle,

I'm writing in a variety of genres - don't know why, but I've always been like that, lol. Let's see... my novel is chick-lit, novel #2 for which I'm plotting out scenes is going to be a psychological thriller, my novella is horror, and the novella I'll send out this week is romance! :D My short stories are mainstream, but they tend towards the darker side - so, I guess mainstream with strong psychological elements. Thanks for asking!

What about you?

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