So what are your goals?

[finch]

I like the idea of having an unbroken, undistracted streak of 750 word days.

In practice, I'm not so good with the reality of not getting distracted, not running short, not forgetting on a busy evening.

I've given up on undistracted, because trying not go get distracted got me to a point where I didn't write at all if I was on AIM or at work or waiting for delivery or whatever. Because I didn't want to get distracted, so I was waiting for the Perfect Time, which of course Never Came.

I think I would be okay with not hitting the 750 word goal, though that hasn't been an issue since I picked it up again, so we'll see.

How about you guys? Which goals are really important, and which are nice but not necessary?

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

not forgetting on a busy evening

Would it help if you activated the setting where the site e-mails you a reminder at your time of choice? I know I wouldn't be on my awesome streak w/o the reminder e-mails, for which I am very grateful. If I'm not going to write right when the e-mail comes in I keep it unread (& then every time I look at my inbox & go, "Ooh! New mail!" I am reminded again...).

I don't think I have any goals except to just keep going. I don't know if that's good (not stressing myself unduly) or bad (too unambitious)!

[finch]

I do have the email reminders enabled, but sometimes I just get so busy and keep telling myself I'll do it when I'm done with this, or that, or when I get back, because I want to make sure I have enough time. ;)

[adelheid]

I still haven't worked out quite what I'm using 750words for, which is part of my problem. Is it for Morning Pages as part of the Artist's Way (which I've been wanting to do for a while, but the trying to write three pages longhand every morning (or even at some point in the day) is what's been keeping me from even starting. I type so much more easily than I write, and 750words has given me a way of doing those morning pages.

Or is it for making sure I do a certain amount of creative writing every day?

I had suspected (and my stats over the last 14 days or so have proven) that I write very differently when I'm doing the sort of random-journal-mindblurt type of thing than when I'm doing creative writing.

So I'm not certain yet that I have actual goals. Until I do, tend to like having an unbroken streak and yay for high numbers :-)

[hl]

I'm doing it for the unbroken string myself, and begun with no plans regarding type of writing (and wondering if it would really help my writing if it was just me whining about life stuff), but I've found it really helps me if I don't make rules for myself about what I'm going to write.

If something non-fiction comes out, ok, if suddenly, it feels like fiction, I make a horizontal rule and go to town below. May not be the best idea to make usable fiction, but I've been writing more creative stuff these days in the site that I average on any writing holiday I set to myself.

She shoots, she scores!

[angel_negra]

My main goal at this point is to get myself used to writing on a regular basis. My creative writing, and even my internet leisure chatting, tends to be sporadic and slow. So I'm treating 750 like a mental gym.

I can usually get 750 words out in roughly 20 minutes, though the motivation of not getting a 'distracted' keeps me focused enough that I can get it out in one shot, unlike my normal writing, where it can take me hours to finish a post, or a story scene, because I keep getting distracted.

So my goal is to get used to writing a lot in one unbroken chunk, which should hopefully - once the mental muscles get used to it - translate into me being able to write/post more.

[habitsofmine]

I'm still working on getting used to using it on a daily basis. So far I have 1 day of conscious flow of thinking and 2 of world building of an original fiction story. I want to get in a daily habit of writing the original fiction. Perhaps, for once get past the world building into the real story.

For me, I guess you could say that daily writing isn't as important as hitting the 750 word count. Once I get started I can't stop until I see the little box pop up telling me I made my target.