Project A

The past two weeks, as somewhat indicated in my last post, have not been the greatest. That, however, is slowly changing and I am excited with what is coming up. With just a week and a half left of my schoolwork for this year (thank God), I have put together a deadline for the book I am going to write. In theory, I will begin writing it on May 10th and will continue to follow my scheduled deadline until August 14th.

Between those dates I have set aside “markers” to keep me on track. Here’s what the general idea looks like…

05/15: Chapter 1
05/22: Chapters 2-3
05/29: Chapters 4-5
06/05: Chapter 6
06/12: Chapters 7-8
06/19: Chapter 9
06/26: Chapter 10
07/03: Chapter 11
07/10: Chapter 12
07/17: Chapters 13-14
07/24: Chapters 15-16
07/31: Chapter 17
08/ 07: Chapter 18
08/14: Chapter 19

Until then I will just finish my college work and continue to outline. For three months I have been outlining the first book for my series. I have developed the storyline and main characters for the remaining five books but I have barely touched on their outlining. The idea is that once I finish this first one I will outline the second book while searching for a literary agent . While he is then pitching the book to publishing companies I will be writing the second book.

Overall I am very excited. It feels like what I have been working on for months will finally be put to paper. I had hoped to reread one of my childhood favorites first but I think it would be best to take advantage of the summer break from college.

I will likely be posting periodically with updates on how I am (or am not) staying on schedule this summer. The goal is this for the book: 80,000 words with 19 chapters, equivilating to approximately 4,210 words per chapter. In the past I kind of got carried away and created much longer chapters. Utilizing multiple resources I have learned that for a first time author this is not the grandest of ideas. For now, I will simply refer to this as "Project A". If, in years from now I remain unpublished, I can genuinely say I am okay with that. If I create a story that can entertain my friends and family then I have found the cornerstone to success in this profession.