As some of you already know, I’ve been doing more illustration work lately. Right now, my main illustration project is Michael Ian Black’s I’M BORED picture book for Simon & Schuster. I’ve also been doing a ton more sketching to improve my craft.
The writer side of me, however, has been languishing. I signed up for NaNoWriMo but had to give it up because of illness in mid-November — that’s when I started thinking about how much I need to get back to regular writing. And how I need to revisit my Daily Writing Goal challenge myself!
To be realistic, I’m going to start out next year by aiming for 250 Words A Day (and only count words written for my novel(s)). Hopefully I’ll find 250 words way too easy and upgrade to a higher word count goal.
Making New Year’s Resolutions involving a daily writing goal can be a dangerous thing, I know, but I need something like this. What about the rest of you? Anyone else up to a daily writing goal challenge for next year?
The goal of the Inkygirl Wordcount Challenge simple: to inspire writers to write.
Too often, I find that writers start motivational challenges like NaNoWrimowith enthusiasm and good intentions, but give up when they start missing their daily targets for more than a few days in a row…undermining their confidence and defeating the purpose of the original challenge. I wanted a challenge with build-in leeway, to take into account that sometimes Life Gets In The Way.
I also wanted a challenge that lasted the whole year rather than just a month.
You can find out more about the 250, 500 and 1000 Words A Day Challenge here.
So who’s in with me? And wordcount goal are you setting?