━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ goals for 2023 ✫・゜・。.
thursday, december 29, 2022

hi everyone!

2023 begins in a few days, and i've seen a few people post announcements and things about things they are hoping to publish on wattpad in the new year. so, i've decided to do a similar thing here in my miscellaneous book, with all of my wattpad/writing-focused goals for the new year.

i've been on wattpad for a long ass time (probably since before some of you could even read). 8 years on this account, and longer than that on an old account that was a product of my middle school years that has since been deleted. in all that time, i've done a lot of writing, a lot of reading, and not much finishing. it's really hard for me to finish writing a story, and i'm not sure why that is. i don't know if it's my lack of commitment and focus on a project? i don't know. the only things i've successfully completed writing-wise are short stories and poetry pieces for classes i've been in. 

this is more for me than anything, and hopefully it will be a way to hold myself accountable. i know my updates have been sporadic on wattpad, and i'd love to say that's going to change in the new year, but we all know that's not true. while i love writing, it's not my main focus. i'm super busy, as we all are, and i don't always have the time or ambition to write.

but, these goals are things i think i CAN accomplish in the new year, and ones i sincerely hope i will be able to complete.

GOAL #1: clean out my drafts!

ugh, they're such a mess! there are stories in my drafts that i know i will never ever finish or even publish, because i don't like them anymore. for some reason i have a hard time deleting them from wattpad, because of some kind of weird emotional attachment. anyway, i'm going to actually clean them out this year. maybe i'll stick them all in a random folder in my google drive or something, that way they aren't actually lost.

GOAL #2: finish girl genius

i've been writing this book since like my first year of college, and i graduated this past spring. girl, it's time to move on. part of me does regret making this book so long, because initially i had this long-winded plot idea for it and now looking back i just don't think it's a good idea. i can't go back and delete stuff i've written now, so i've just got to push through and finish it. this is (for some reason) my most popular book, and pretty much the only one that gets regular attention from readers (despite being neglected by me), so i really do want to finish it.

GOAL #3: publish my new peter parker fic

i recently re-watched all the original spider-man movies (the ones with tobey maguire) and it's got me in the mood for a tobey spider-man fic. i've started writing a little bit on it, but i only have a few chapters down. i always rush into publishing and i feel like that makes me lose all momentum on this book, so i'm not going to publish this one until it's like 75% complete or something. that way, i can go back and edit as i see fit, and i won't run into the issues i'm having with my other books (see: girl genius). also, i've been thinking about writing a harry osborn fic too. 

GOAL #4: dawson's creek idea?

my most recent writing has been for a fledgling idea i have for a dawson's creek fic. if you haven't seen dawson's creek, it's an old teen drama from the late '90s/early 2000s, a la one tree hill, gilmore girls, etc. i was trying to find some fics to read on wattpad ,and absolutely none of the ones i could find were giving me what i wanted from them, you know? all of the ones i found were like basically the same, where the oc is dawson's twin and they have a love/hate relationship with pacey that mirrors that of pacey and joey from the actual show. in fact, there are actual scenes and dialogue that were between pacey and joey that were instead used for pacey and the oc. i think stuff like that is so unoriginal and it's an immediate turn off for me when i'm reading. anyway, this is why i decided to start writing something like this. i have the same feelings about this as i do the peter parker fic, so i won't be publishing this until i have some significant writing done on it. 

GOAL #5: complete another wip

sigh. i have a lot of published wips that sit ignored on my profile. you all know this. much like i wish to finish girl genius, i wish to finish one of the others too. we'll see. idk which one, but i'd like to find the inspiration to finish at least one of them.

GOAL #6: submit writing to a literary journal

this does not apply to wattpad, but rather my writing outside of it. i'm sure most of us do a lot of writing away from wattpad. i certainly do. something i've really been wanting to do, but am too scared to, is submit my work to a literary journal. i have short stories and poems that i've done throughout the years that could use some cleaning up, and i'd love to submit them for publication. it's just such an intimidating process, from someone who doesn't necessarily handle redemption super well. but, i think it's time to get out of my shell a little bit and submit some of them.

anyway, thanks for reading. i'm not sure if anyone even looks at this, but i really like having this place to talk and write about whatever is on my mind.

xx,

m