- Read 52+ books.
- Attend 3-5 readings.
- Beta read for at least two new people.
- Read at least one new book on the craft of writing.
- Freewrite and do more exercises when not actively novel writing.
- Revise Project A until next stage.
- Revise Project B until next stage.
- Plot, research for, and begin writing new book. Ideally finish first draft this year (though that may depend on how/where things go with A and B).
- Pursue new experiences (which feed the pen).
- Volunteer at local book festival.
10 Reading/Writing Goals for 2015
10 responses to “10 Reading/Writing Goals for 2015”
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Go Julie go!
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*going intensifies* Haha, thanks Steph!
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Great goals for 2015! It looks like you will be doing a lot of reading and writing. 🙂
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Yes! And I look forward to reading The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow specifically 🙂
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You know we’ll call you on these next January Julie 🙂 New experiences eh? How about all-in wrestling, sky diving. This year I’ll be taking a deeper look at myth and legend.
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Hahaha, GOOD! Keep me accountable! I’m not sure what those new experiences will entail yet (beyond learning more about tarot cards, which have intrigued me ever since I researched them in passing for a book) but probably not skydiving ;). Maybe a class, maybe travel. Maybe some on-the-scene/shadowing research for things I want to write about.
Ooh, myth and legend! I’ll have to keep an eye out for your posts. I love the old stories.
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Great list of Goals, Julie. Good luck with all of them.
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Thank you, Rochelle! 🙂
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Good goals – thanks for sharing. I especially like #3 – beta-reading is a great thing to do for another writer (and have done for you) so to consciously make time for it is admirable, especially since it can be time-consuming. I should do more of that two.
One question: are these goals in some kind of order, e.g. priority? Or just as you thought of them?
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Nope! Not ranked or anything. Since most of them are long term, time consuming or open ended, I figure it’s easier to just take things as I get to them.
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Julie Israel 
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