storiesbycayleigh
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Write one short story each week
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Week 52 of 52
storiesbycayleigh commits to:
Writing one short story each week for one year, based on the A-Z short story challenge, and reporting my progress each week on my blog.
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 storiesbycayleigh
January 20, 2018, 11:45 PM
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I've had a shift in priorities. (Life tends to dish out experiences and lessons like that.) Instead of focusing so much on the short stories, I have made other goals. Since I'm now a single mom of two kids, I'm working on building my brands and generating revenue. I have income goals for each quarter, as well as a list of things to do. I'll share quarter 1 since we're in this right now. Quarter 1 goals (January - March): *Income goal: Generate $5,000/month in freelance work by the end of the quarter *Write one blog post for CBC (freelance website) each week *Write one article on LinkedIn each week to connect with potential clients *Write one blog post for Mystiquill each week *Use the CREATE planner to check in monthly with each business (CBC and Mystiquill) *Write a white paper for CBC as an opt-in incentive *Send 20 cold emails a day starting 1/22 to build client list (Stop this once I have 7 clients for weekly blog posts scheduled) *Finish Killer Cold Emailing course *Finish Guest Blogging course *Have a minimum of 7 clients for weekly blog posts *Have at least 10 clients for rotational/monthly work *Edit 50 articles a day (minimum) for at-home work (OR edit 20 articles a day, minimum, for on-site work) Quarter 2, I'll get back to reading, writing fiction, building my mom blog brand, and taking more action with Mystiquill. Right now, my main focus is on freelance writing and editing. |
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storiesbycayleigh
June 9, 2017, 6:11 PM
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| Story A was about adoption, and it was the first of a five part story. Finished on June 7. | |
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storiesbycayleigh
June 7, 2017, 1:21 AM
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Day 5 update: Out of seven scenes, I've written four complete scenes and half of scene five. I'm aiming to finish tonight after work, but it depends on what time I get out. If I get out and to the restaurant before 2am, I want to wrap it up tonight. Scenes have been long. Scene 1: 1242 Scene 2: 884 Scene 3: 1379 Scene 4: 775 Scene 5 has 671 words so far and is about halfway finished. More updates soon. |
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storiesbycayleigh
June 3, 2017, 9:57 AM
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| Day 1: I managed to plan the story, the characters, and the setting! I wrote a scene list--there are seven scenes for the first story--and I wrote all of scene one and part of scene two. I have 1,424 words so far with more to come tomorrow. I think I might be able to actually do this thing! | |
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