In my last post, I said that I wanted to have a finished first draft of Dark and Silent Waters by the end of the year. In an effort to make myself achieve this, I decided to write up a 'plan' for the novella, including deadlines for when I want each section done by (which have been set around uni dates, so I can work on it during the holidays). I also decided I will do regular progress reports, so I can see how well I'm sticking to this plan. Hopefully having an attack strategy for the novella will bring me victory (MWAHAHA!). Even writing this now, I know I'll end up going all over the place, because I am rarely able to write in chronological order (eg. I've done the very beginning, the very end and the very middle, but nothing else haha), but at least I can pretend I'm being organised...
Deadline Plan
Outline - July 2
Prologue - January 31
Part 1 - July 18
Chapter 1 - July 10
Chapter 2 - July 14
Chapter 3 - July 18
Part 2 - November 20
Chapter 4 - September 29
Chapter 5 - October 3
Chapter 6 - November 20
Part 3 - December 20
Chapter 7 - November 30
Chapter 8 - December 10
Chapter 9 - December 20
Epilogue - December 31
Progress Report
Outline - 100% (needs rewrite)
Prologue - 100% (needs rewrite)
Part 1 - 30%
Chapter 1 - 90%
Chapter 2 - 0%
Chapter 3 - 0%
Part 2 - 20%
Chapter 4 - 0%
Chapter 5 - 0%
Chapter 6 - 60%
Part 3 - 0%
Chapter 7 - 0%
Chapter 8 - 0%
Chapter 9 - 0%
Epilogue - 90%
So now that I have issued the challenge to myself, thrown down the gauntlets if you will, let's see if I can reign supreme over my novella...
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