All I Want For Christmas…

ByKristen Koster

Last week, our How I Write series delved into our planning process, and since we’re all writers, we focused on plotting. Which inevitably led to my post on Plotting via Spreadsheets – Don’t Be Trapped in the Box.

This week we were asked, “What’s on your writer’s wish list for Santa?”

A children's form letter that has been filled out reads "Dear Santa, This year I have been ( ) Very Good (X) Not So Good At Times and would really like to find a time clock, an industrial-sized tube of super glue to insure some quality BICHOK time, and a large dose of confidence so I can finish this novel! under my Christmas tree please. Here's a picture to show you what I mean: Than you so much, Kristen."
Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season!

YOUR TURN: What’s on your wish list for self-improvement and career-building for this coming year?

And if you’d like to see what’s on my friend’s writer’s wish list, you can find their blogs here:

* Alexia Reed * Kimberly Farris *
* Danie Ford * Emma G. Delaney * Angeleque Ford *

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11 Comments

  1. Mine would be to shoot a film for my script: Things People Do.

    It could be either a Indie Feature, or a Short Film, or a Web Series.

    Any one of those will do, lol!

    Any one.

    Just saying…

    1. Do it!! If you live near a college that has a film school… just sayin’

      But heck even just home video would give you a lot of insight into what was working and what wasn’t.

      Either way, sounds like a fun project that I hope you do pursue!

    1. Just like many presents under our tree in years past, it was right there hiding in plain sight! I wish my evenings were freer to challenge with you guys. If I get those items, I’ll definitely share!

    1. Hehe. I’ve been very slowly building confidence. It’s HARD and a lot of it is because it’s not measurable and sometimes it’s difficult to recognize when you flex those muscles.

      I think I spent more time fighting the drawing app on the iPad than it would have taken me to just write a post. See what a powerful distraction procrastination can be! =)

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