• What were your goals last week and did you accomplish them?
• Describe what you worked on.
• Set goals for next week.
• Did you learn something during this week?

Here is a list of things that you can do each week as we work on our novels (suggestions welcomed).

• Writing on a novel
• Characterization
• World Building
• Relevant research

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Last Week's Goals

I actually got some writing done this last week. I wrote 2,200 words this week. What I'm doing now is writing during my lunch hour. I can only get about 500 written during that time but it's better than nothing. At night, I fine tune the outline for the next few scenes so I have some details to write about during lunch. This week that worked well.

My goals for next week:

• Improve scene details
• Write detailed scenes

I will continue focusing on detailing scenes at night and writing them during lunch.

What did I learn this week?

This week I realized that for now I cannot write new material at night. Whenever I've tried I don't get far or fall asleep at the computer. So, writing new material during lunch is the best option.

DREAMER'S ROSE: Work on chapter exchange revisions as they come.
Yes.

THE SHAMAN'S CURSE: Let it rest for a while longer.
Easy goal.

THE IGNORED PROPHECY: Restart revisions.
Nope. I did have an idea, but I haven't done any actual work on it.

BLOOD WILL TELL: Send two new queries out.
Uh. No, I got busy with something else and forgot.

MAGE STORM: Start the second pass through of the second draft. Get to Chapter 7 (one chapter a day).
I'm working on it, but I only got to Chapter 4.

OTHER: Update my blog twice a week.
Yes.

Next Week's Goals:

DREAMER'S ROSE:
Work on chapter exchange revisions as they come. Continue to think about how I would change this to YA, if that's what I decide to do with it.

THE SHAMAN'S CURSE:
Let it rest for a while longer. When I've finished the revisions on its sequel, I'll take another look at it.

THE IGNORED PROPHECY:
Realistically, I probably won't get back to this one until I finish the second draft of MAGE STORM. MAGE STORM and DREAMER'S ROSE, along with crits, seem to be about all I can keep up with.

BLOOD WILL TELL:
Send two new queries out.

MAGE STORM:
Continue the second draft. Get to Chapter 11 (one chapter a day).

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.

Mainstream novel: I spent time condensing two similar scenes into one.

"Agents of the Fourth Wind" (SF): I came up with a new idea for a problem chapter.

UPCOMING WEEK
"Metzgerhund Empire" (YA): Complete the last few scenes of the last chapter, and rewrite the agent query letter.

Mainstream novel: Considering my upcoming workload (both in and away from my writing studio), any work I perform on this story will be a bonus.

"Agents of the Fourth Wind" (SF): Considering my upcoming workload (both in and away from my writing studio), any work I perform on this story will be a bonus. Echo.

BLOGGATHAH
One new entry:
* Dream Recorder

NOTES
During this time, I am also working on four SF short stories: one is an overhaul from a story I mistakenly left of my shelf for way too long, the second is brand new, the third is a sequel-of-sorts of a story I ditched a year ago because I no longer liked it, and the fourth is---and I never thought I'd see myself type these words---a flash fiction story.