#the short story goal is legit the only one im worried i cant do

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asch’s writing & reading goals for 2019

write 52 short stories [0/52]

collect 20 rejections [0/20]

read 24 books [0/24]

post 20 book reviews [0/20]

finish two novel drafts [0/2]

my thoughts on why these are the goals i chose are beneath the cut!

write 52 short stories is based off a fairly popular yearly annual challenge inspired by Ray Bradbury who said “write a short story every week. it’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row” and i’m here to prove him wrong!! but also, i feel that short stories are great for improving the things i’m weak on (action scenes & plot); i’ll get a sense of accomplishment when i finish things; i’ll develop my editing process; and this way i’ll have writing that i can workshop/post/submit/burn!! also i’m including Graycrest Memorial Park in this goal bc that’s a series of short stories [which i’m planning on posting on my wattpad!] 💖

collect 20 rejections is based on someone’s challenge to get 100 rejections in a year and i don’t have a source for that bc i’m lazy, but it was an awesome goal and i love the idea. however, i don’t have a backlog of finished pieces to polish and submit, and i’m busy with school and trying to bribe my brain for Happy Chemicals™ so i feel that 20 is a more realistic number for me! and then next year i can increase the number since i’ll theoretically have a backlog of stories from my short story challenge. 

read 24 books is just my Goodreads challenge, same number as 2018 (i only read 21 in 2018 though!)--two books a month. no self-imposed rules, no limits--DNFs [did not finish] and rereads count

post book reviews for 20 books i’ve got a book blog here you can follow for these reviews!! i’m only doing 20 of the 24 i’m aiming to read because some books i might DNF (2018 was the first year i allowed myself to DNF something! it’s so freeing!) and b/c i’ll probably reread something (i don’t like reviewing rereads--way too biased) or w/e. it’s wiggle room.

finish 2 novel drafts! that’s actually not an insane goal imo (i wrote Ocean’s first draft in six weeks) and they don’t have to be first drafts--my actual goal rn is Ocean’s second draft and EOS’s first draft, but since those are subject to change, i figured any two drafts was a good goal. 

i don’t have a daily word goal or monthly word count goal or anything like that because i’m surprisingly decent about writing every day unless there’s something big happening [exams; family days; holidays]--i genuinely love writing and in comparison i hate doing... basically anything else... so i don’t want a daily goal b/c why make myself feel bad about not keeping to said goal on the rare days i take off!

those are my goals for 2019, the odds of me actually completing all of them is less than 10%, but imo they’re reasonable goals so i’m excited AF to try 💪