Writing Goals 2022

[liyahsdiamond]

Me with all my episode stories lmaooooo. Doing multiple WIPs is exhausting

[BrutallyBritish]

I can imagine. I’d suggest working on one story unless you have the energy to do so, I’m working on a very raunchy chapter but I’ll need to focus on how to write the chapter cause it’s juicy!

[liyahsdiamond]

That’s what I’m doing right now, I’m mainly working on Deadly Nightshade. In between worldbuilding for my novel and planning ideas for my Discord RP, yeah. But I’ll focus on Deadly Nightshade for now. There’s a lot of drama in these recent scenes I’ve written!

[lollipoplady]

My main goal is to finish There’s No Accounting for Taste by April or May. I only have three more chapters left, but I need to focus and become a part of my characters’ world.

I also have another idea for a new story that I want to write once I’m finished with There’s No Accounting for Taste. I haven’t worked out all the details, but I kind of know what I want the MC to look like, her name, job, and personality. I also have an idea about how she and the LI meet, but I haven’t really developed him in my mind yet. I want the title of this story to be Running in Circles.

[liyahsdiamond]

A romance?

[lollipoplady]

Yeah, kind of an adventure/romance. I’m still trying to figure out all the details.

[liyahsdiamond]

Oooooh I could help. Maybe we could help each other with our stories!

[lollipoplady]

Great idea! Let’s do this!

[liyahsdiamond]

Yayyyy! I shall open a PM with youuuu

[BrutallyBritish]

Oooh, I can’t wait to read it again since I lost my memory. But I’m excited! Yay!

[liyahsdiamond]

It’s been so long, I know. But I’m revamping the first 5 episodes! Do a reread!

[BrutallyBritish]

Will do!

I’ll put it in my favourites so I’ll read it again.

[liyahsdiamond]

Yay!

[Rainbow]

@Rainbow

• Finish 1-2 short stories (one is almost done and I’ve already got the idea for the second one)

Well, by now I’ve got 3 short stories finished already (and I’ve got some ideas for the fourth one)

@Rainbow

• Proofread Dreams and Nightmares (again), maybe redo the cover for the final season and just, in general, get it ready to show others in case I ever have enough confidence to actually tell my friends/family about it

I proofread it, kept the cover but cleaned up the layout of the novel a bit and made some small edits. So, I’m kinda ready to show it to friends and I’m planning on telling my mum…

@Rainbow

• Improve my punctuation in English (because I still don’t know any rules, I just put a comma where it seems to be right)

I started working on this but not enough

@Rainbow

• Get better at promoting my work (I might try TikTok if I choose to go with Wattpad as a platform to publish my novel on)

I’ve got a TikTok account now, here, and it’s going okay but I’m still not so good at promoting I really need to get better because otherwise people won’t know my story exists.

[liyahsdiamond]

Would you say you’ve accomplished your writing goals this year? Why or why not? @Writers

[Ouijaloveletters]

I wrote some nice fanfiction one shots, and that’s enough for me.

[liyahsdiamond]

@liyahsdiamond

Possibly finish Deadly Nightshade, either complete most of it or all of it. Write it on other websites/apps too. Currently on episode 7

I’m working on episode 9! Season 1 (episodes 1-8) is finished.

@liyahsdiamond

Promote my stories on Instagram more often. With the new design/layout, it’s harder for me to navigate the app than it was a year ago.

I’ve definitely accomplished this.

@liyahsdiamond

Possibly join another creator’s contest? I haven’t done any in a while, but my stories don’t even get that much recognition so there’s no point in doing them lol

Nope.

@liyahsdiamond

Work on at least 2 of my other stories on Episode, probably Fairest of Them All (since it’s the most recent), and Perfection OR Queer: Flowers Have Thorns.

I plan to work on Fairest of Them All after finishing Deadly Nightshade.

@liyahsdiamond

• Completely rewrite Mysterious Northview, because I wanna try my hand at other genres, kinda, and because I actually enjoyed writing it. However I’ll definitely use some of the tips I’ve learned in the past 2(?) years to recreate this story. And I’m changing the title, as well as the cover.

I’ll do it.

…

In 4 years.

@liyahsdiamond

• Finally publish the first chapter of the story I’d been working on over there since summer 2020
• Write at least 3 chapters
• Create that playlist
• Expand more on the plot

I did none of these!

@liyahsdiamond

Improve my dialogue - I suck at it.

I’m making progress, for sure! I think I accomplished this one.

@liyahsdiamond

Possibly get better at character development? I mean my character development is pretty good, but not amazing

As I revamp Deadly Nightshade, I definitely feel like I accomplished this one because I’ve gotten to explore my characters more.

@liyahsdiamond

Try other genres of stories, maybe.

I have a few stories planned- for the Open Mic contest I wanted to write a story about an all-black girl rock band. I still wanna write it.

I also have several other ideas.

@liyahsdiamond

Start working on that one story I started based on “Forest of a Thousand Lanterns” about 3 years ago

Revisited it yesterday and I’ll work on it in the future. (tentative.)

@liyahsdiamond

I kinda want to make Deadly Nightshade “big” - that is, possibly, someday, turn it into a TV show?

No progress yet, I think I wanna finish it first.

@liyahsdiamond

Find more music, like instrumental music, for writing on Spotify and create a writing playlist there

Does YouTube count? I did get a suspense playlist from a writing website.

@liyahsdiamond

Procrastinate less

It’s… getting better. Executive dysfunction sucks!

[liyahsdiamond]

That’s awesome!

[liyahsdiamond]

@Rainbow

I’ve got a TikTok account now, here, and it’s going okay but I’m still not so good at promoting I really need to get better because otherwise people won’t know my story exists.

I made a TikTok account too. Here. Once finals are over I’ll start promoting too!

[Ouijaloveletters]

I sadly don’t know where they are…