C25K Day One: Journey

So the idea of continuously writing blog posts last year didn't really work - as can be seen from the fact that after January there were no more blog posts. But the beauty of the internet means that this blog is still up and running, and that's all the better for me because it means I can come back to it any time and still have it be here, waiting until I want to pick up the pen again (or, more precisely, tap away at keys).

I thought I would use the blog as the main place to store my musings for the C25K Words challenge that I will be striving to complete throughout Feb 2019, which I joined from the Writer's HQ. Day One (which I'm actually writing on Day Three) is called 'Journey'.

The questions I need to answer are: By the end of 2019, what do you want to have produced? How much do you want to write per week, per fortnight, per month? What are you prepared to change to do it?

I better start, because I've only got 7minutes left of the very strict 10-minute deadline. 

By the end of 2019, I ideally would like to have produced:

• Four to six short films
• The first draft of my first feature-length project
• The backbones of my second feature-length project
• The first two episodes of All They Want
• A full, ready-for-editing first draft of Reality

I actually went to a Young Witches night at Treadwell's and learnt some symbol (totem? Can't remember the name) magic while I was there, and have sent the final bullet point out into the world so that it can manifest itself - but I'm acutely aware that if I don't do the work, it won't get done. So far, it's been pretty okay, and I have somehow been making more progress than I did over the last two years... I just need to work out how to fit everything around each other, because I'm aware I'm being quite ambitious.

Ideally, I would like to write about 1000 words a day, spread over the different projects. I know this is entirely do-able because I write at least 2/3000 words every day while I'm at work - it's the equivalent to two pages, half a feature, and it's easier to get to than one would think. You just can't get stuck in your head about it - it's better to let the words spill out and see where they go, then come back later and edit, than it is to just sit there staring at a blank page. 

The real question is what I need to change in order to achieve that goal, because there are so many different bits of writing that I need to do. For starters, I need to make sure I am getting enough sleep. I need to start thinking "I'm doing XXX right now because writing is not as important as this"; I tried it once, it made me increasingly uncomfortable and aware that I often deflect. 

Some days, I probably need to start getting up half an hour earlier.