I know February isn't quite over, but I'm ready to do my round up...
Finish Games of Thrones, Done
then read 5 more books. Ha. I was not fond of GoT, and the book I followed it with was not much better, and now I am slogging through a book of essays that is occasionally wonderful and occasionally awful, and I probably should have thrown the towel in on all three of these, but I did not and that has meant I have not read nearly as much as I might have.
Ten journal entries. Done.
Do Part one of the editing process from Holly Lisle Done
Then follow part two of the editing process for Part One of the book. I don't know if it is reasonable to expect that I will finish this in February, but I would like to see some effort.
Then write a list of scenes that are missing from Part One.
So this is really where I went off the rails.
Holly Lisle's process really did not work for me, and I understood that almost immediately but didn't trust myself. I did end up doing some editing, and I did stall out about halfway through the month. Fortunately, I do not feel like it was a total loss. I realized a few things about my book's structure, and I realized that I need to spend more time fleshing out the real conflicts in the book. I did end up writing that list of missing scenes, and while I feel that it's not complete, I have a good eight chapters that I know I need to write, so it's a good start. Can't wait to make my March goals.
I am disappointed in my progress this month. Making goals is a useful practice for me, but this month I made the means more important than the end. I think I need to make a rule that if the goals are not working, I can change my goals. Funny how I wouldn't give myself the permission to do that!