Resolutions for tomorrow...
Dec. 31st, 2012 01:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xerinmichellexBecause every new year brings new resolutions. Or in my case, a second chance to complete one.
1. Finish one manuscript
Typically around this time I post how many manuscripts I completed during the year. At least, I did two years ago when I could complete oneor three. It should come as no surprise that I did not complete a manuscript. (In fact, I never started one.)
However, I feel much closer to beginning a manuscript than I have in years. So, recycling a resolution from last year, I WILL complete a manuscript in the next 365 days. There's a story idea that's been rattling around my head for over a year now. I think it's time to let it out. (You know what would be awesome? If someone could invent a Pensive-type device. Only, instead of being a reflective pool, it could pull out ideas and translate them to words on a page. I think many writers--or creative thinkers--would like something like that. I know I would.)
2. Use my "eccentricities" to my advantage
Without going into a long-winded discussions into these so-called eccentricities, I spent a lot of 2012 doing a bit of self discovery. More specifically, why I do certain things and how these things manifest and affect me. I'm very much a problem-solver who needs to know how the problem came to be before I can solve it. I've also accepted that these changes won't occur over night, no matter how much I tell myself they will.
3. Read 5 books that have sat on my To-Read List for years and years
Usually my last resolution is to read x-amount of books. I'm changing things up a bit this year and instead focusing on books I always say I'm going to read, but then never do. They are (in no particular order):
1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
3. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
4. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas*
5. The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling**
I also want to re-read To Kill a Mockingbird sometime in the year because, like all high school required reading, I don't think I gave the book a fair chance.
*I tried reading this back in Junior Year (HS) on a plane ride to Georgia and only made it about 50 pages.
**Technically this one counts as "research".
Whatever your resolutions are--should you chose to do them--I hope everyone has a successful and happy new year!
1. Finish one manuscript
Typically around this time I post how many manuscripts I completed during the year. At least, I did two years ago when I could complete one
However, I feel much closer to beginning a manuscript than I have in years. So, recycling a resolution from last year, I WILL complete a manuscript in the next 365 days. There's a story idea that's been rattling around my head for over a year now. I think it's time to let it out. (You know what would be awesome? If someone could invent a Pensive-type device. Only, instead of being a reflective pool, it could pull out ideas and translate them to words on a page. I think many writers--or creative thinkers--would like something like that. I know I would.)
2. Use my "eccentricities" to my advantage
Without going into a long-winded discussions into these so-called eccentricities, I spent a lot of 2012 doing a bit of self discovery. More specifically, why I do certain things and how these things manifest and affect me. I'm very much a problem-solver who needs to know how the problem came to be before I can solve it. I've also accepted that these changes won't occur over night, no matter how much I tell myself they will.
3. Read 5 books that have sat on my To-Read List for years and years
Usually my last resolution is to read x-amount of books. I'm changing things up a bit this year and instead focusing on books I always say I'm going to read, but then never do. They are (in no particular order):
1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
3. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
4. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas*
5. The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling**
I also want to re-read To Kill a Mockingbird sometime in the year because, like all high school required reading, I don't think I gave the book a fair chance.
*I tried reading this back in Junior Year (HS) on a plane ride to Georgia and only made it about 50 pages.
**Technically this one counts as "research".
Whatever your resolutions are--should you chose to do them--I hope everyone has a successful and happy new year!
