It was a little over a week ago that I set a deadline for myself. The plan was to have a short story that I've been working on edited and ready to head out the door by Monday. It was a deadline that I failed to meet. At the end of the day, figuratively speaking, I'll chalk it up to another lesson learned.
-What I did wrong.
The biggest thing I can think of that I did wrong was not thinking enough about what I had to do. Not only what I had to do pertaining to the editing, but also what I had to do pertaining to the rest of my life. We all know that editing is a time consuming beast, but I thought that given a week, I could make myself make time to get the work done. I was obviously wrong.
It's hard to edit when you're traveling, away from you're computer or working, again away from you're computer. The fact is that if I would have thought about it a little more, I probably would have known that having that story ready was a tall order.
-What I did right.
I set a deadline for myself. Sure, I didn't make it, but as a writer, I need to get used to working under time constraints. Setting deadlines for myself and working toward them will help me deal with real deadlines when I get them.
I also did some editing. Probably way more than I would have done without the deadline. Even though I failed to meet the target, the work that got done, got done! So I'm that much closer to meeting my next deadline, even though I don't know exactly when that will be.
When I do know, I'll let you know. In the meantime, I'll keep on writing and editing and if that story gets done before another deadline gets set, then so be it. I'm outta here for now, so until next time, keep on writing and I'll be here doing the same. Later!
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