Poet mom has a great post describing the benefits of having an action plan for writing. In her case, it's a PAP: a Poetry Action Plan. I'm adapting her idea into a Writing Action Plan, or WAP, since I don't write poetry.
Here's my 2009 WAP.
- Get three short stories finished and into the submissions roster.
- Revise my NaNoWriMo novel.
- Attend Grub Street's Muse and the Market Place in May.
- Continue writing drafts of short stories as the muse strikes/time allows (meaning goals 1 and 2 take priority).
- Do NaNoWriMo again (most likely).
- Get something accepted at NPR.
I have some other things I'd like to do too, including getting a few steady freelance clients, breaking into a big magazine, and teaching at a community college. And I'll be teaching a writing workshop at the BCAE that I'm really excited about. But I like the number 6. And those 6 goals are really most important to me in 2009.
So here goes.
What's your WAP, or PAP or other-AP?
