I have one question for you all who answered the previous threadā¦
How are your goals going?
Iām failing miserably 
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Iā¦ Iām doing better than I thought.
I beat my unserious goal by a long shot hehe. I havenāt started my serious goal, Iām doubting I ever will, Iām having trouble ending my on going stories hahacries
I defiantly strengthened my connection to my readers. Iād consider a good twenty of them them my friends since like, they genuinely care for me and reach out to me when I donāt post very often and make sure Iām alright if Iām a wee-bit depressed.
So, I didnāt write a romance story BUT I did the next best thing, I made a bromance between two characters and literally 90% of my readers want the two to date and Iām like if I can create a bromance that makes my readers cry, laugh and feel emotionally attached I can do ANYTHING.
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I thought about this the other day! And already have next years one planned since Iāve decided Iāll just do better then lol
Hereās my comment for reference.
Ok, so something happened that I didnāt think was going to happen and I used my idea for the story I was going to write over my crap spotlight story for a contest. This was the one that I didnāt think I would have a gender choiceā¦ but now it has a gender choice that also include the transgender body type Episode did for their Pride release. Plus it has options to add the religious assets, freckles and moles, etc. Despite not updating it since the contest, Iām super proud of it. I consider it the closest I will ever get to the ultimate YOU-insert story. And itās not that Iām in over my head or anything, because once I start writing it, itās easy, but I just canāt seem to write it right now which frustrates me because I donāt want people to think Iām abandoning it. I just really canāt write it because people are demanding updates for other stories and idk why I thought I could manage three ongoing stories but I canāt and so I sorta hate myself as a result 
So I feel like this is a half tick. I achieved something I set out to do, but ultimately itās hurt me in other areas of my episode life 
As for updates. Idek. I will never be a weekly updates girl and that makes me sad. I still really want to do it, but itās not going to happen this year. Idk how others do it, but I am jealous.
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eh. my main goal is to get off my a* and write continue to write my story 
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I want to be able to get up to 1,000 total story views one day, but Iāve still got a long way to goā¦
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stay positive bb 
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Thank you, I will try! I need to just keep on writing!
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do what makes you comfortable and happy 
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Ummā¦ I was a little afraid to reread this, but here is what I wrote
- So I wanted to revamp my first two stories -> I fixed some speechbubbles with the second one and I archived the first one
I actually revamped the first 3 episodes of this, but like, I fully rewrote the plot, so Iām not planning to publish until I have at least an outline for the whole story. Does this mean Iām getting more patient and organized? 
- I wanted to strenghten my directing skills -> well, itās in progress I guess? Iām seriously working on it, even if my readers canāt see much improvement lol
- I actually wrote an outline for my ongoing story! This is a huge achievement to me, because even though Iām still pretty slow with updating, this is the first time I know (more or less) where my story is going.
- Adding meanigful choices -> well, maybe next time?
I just started learning about branching and stuff, so itās pretty new to me, but Iām planning to implement this knowledge in my revamped/future stories.
Thanks for reminding me about this, Fallen. Bookmarked 
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Okay so now that I have more time (as in, Iām at work procrastinating as usual), hereās a proper update:
For 2019, My goals as a writer is toā¦
As above Iāll do a list:
- Finally publish (and complete) seasons 2 & 3 of Hit and Run and Cyberstalk 3
- Enter at least 2 creatorās contests (preferably more)
- Get to 1 million total reads
1a. I want to strengthen myā¦
Character development.
1b. Something new I want to try isā¦
While I honestly think Iāve āfoundā my best genre, Iād like to try and out some new genres or even new sub genres. I also mostly do short stories and Iād really like to have something longer thatās ongoing.
1c. To achieve these goals I am going toā¦
Attempt to find more days in a year than 365.
Wellā¦ Cyberstalk 3 has been canceled lol so that will never happen. I still plan on doing a Hit and Run 2 but 3 probably wonāt happen this year.
Iāve entered one contest. Unless the theme of October/Halloweenās or Decemberās really speaks to me, I donāt think I have the time for a second one.
I might actually hit goal #3 thanks to Agent Cinderella. But since thatās a collab, am I supposed to split those reads in half? Iām on about 980k now I think
I guess Agent Cinderella was technically a different genre to what I usually do soā¦ I guess I kind of achieved 1b? Itās technically an ongoing story, too, although each season/mission is more or less a standalone story.
Still struggling to find more than 365 days in a year though lol.
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Annnnnd I officially wonāt be meeting that goal anymore lol
On the plus side, I should be hitting my 1m reads total next week 
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Finishing Exanimate and Insecure
Since this is not closed yet, and itās almost the end of the year: bump
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Well, itās safe to say Iāve āfailedā spectacularly
Although, itās not entirely my fault since creatorās contests were canceled.
I hit 1m reads soā¦ 1/3 goals met lol
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Ew, itās been a whole year? 
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