Time is an interesting thing.
Seconds, minutes, hours, days, years are all consistent measurements of the passing of our lives. In fact, we spend much of our lives in anticipation of something big that we are waiting to experience, or accomplish. Counting down to those "big events" is often marked by a close monitoring of those months, weeks, and days that are going by.
In my life, I've spent the past 25 YEARS in ANTICIPATION of something big that I'm waiting to have happen or accomplish. My goal of writing a book. Of course, simply waiting to see that manuscript become a volume of work doesn't get a single word on paper (or into a digital file) So I'll be taking the liberty of using this blog to post benchmarks and occasional updates to my progress. (Yes, I do plan on making progress)
FIRST STEP My Schedule. For the first time, I'm putting together a schedule of the steps I need to take, and the time-line for my project.
TIMELINE September 1st - Completion of Book Outline and Chapter Titles October 1st - Completion of Chapter Outlines November 1st - Completion of Rough Draft (Send to Editor/Publisher) December 1st - Completion of Final Draft (Send to Publisher) December 31st - Celebrating the Final Goal of having my first book published in 2013
WHEW! I know it's an aggressive plan, but experience tells me that I work best when up against a deadline. In this case, I have established a series of deadlines....all designed to keep me on track as I finally decide to tackle the hard work necessary to make one of my adult life dreams come true!