In Order to Achieve Goals... #2

[queenoftheskies]

One must have a plan.

Though, at this point, I think perhaps my plans are even more insane than my goals.

One of my 2006 goals was to complete six novels this year, and then I had three others I'd like to work on if there was time.

Well, I saw down today, and did some figuring (accountants like to figure, you know) and realized that 1,000,000 words, if I hit that goal was going to be MORE than the six novels I'd planned.

So, I started with today and a list of novels I'd like to work on this year, and I mapped the way through my year based on remaining words for each novel and the amount of words I'd planned to write every month.

Then, I added a few more words to my total word count, which would boost my per day count to 2,500 for several months. That's not too bad.

What I ended up with AMAZED me...and made me realize I'm probably more than a little crazy. But, if I managed to write 1,037,500 words for this year, here's what I could end up with:

Out of the Darkness		20,000 words		complete 1/12/06
Xanali		99,000 words		complete 2/26/06
Guardian Force		100,000 words		complete 4/04/06
Wildfire		32,000 words		complete 4/12/06
Pawns of Destiny		72,000 words		complete 4/30/06
Yami No Tenshi		75,000 words		complete 5/30/06
Cataclysm		100,000 words		complete 7/06/06
Gateway to Eternity		50,000 words		complete 7/18/06
Dumps, Dives & Divas		114,000 words		complete 8/25/06
The Spellsingers		123,000 words		complete 10/14/06
The Magic Within		42,500 words		complete 10/31/06
Check Mate		125,000 words		complete 11/30/06
The Dawning of the Dark		85,000 words		complete 12/31/06

Is it possible?

I honestly don't know.

Guess it depends how I apply myself and how many disasters I have this year. If there aren't any, then maybe.

That would be soooo totally cool. And, still not make a dent in all the stuff I have to write.

Guess I'll see how this month goes and then maybe I'll have a better idea as to whether I have the discipline or not to really make this happen.