From Kate’s Writing Crate…
As a magazine editor and contributing
writer, I have paid assignments for two magazines. As a freelance editor, I
have paid projects. As a freelance writer, I have goals I’ve set for myself. I
plan on writing about 410,000 words in finished pieces this year.
Here is my
current 2017 writing project list:
Magazine assignments:
(numbers will change as page counts go up or down by
eight pages depending on ads)
12 Thoughts from the Editor columns, 450-500 words each
20 Q&A articles, 1,200-1,400 words each
50 articles, 800-1,200 words each
4 book columns, 500-1,000 words each
52 Facebook thoughts/book reviews, 250-500 words each
Total:
about 100,000 words published
Blog:
52 posts, 250-500 words each
Total:
about 18,000 words
Freelance:
4 articles, 1,000-1,500
Total:
about 4,000 words
Works-in-Progress:
Screenplay:
Finish roughing
out the plot.
Writing in proper format.
Total: about 10,000 words
Book:
Still
roughing out the details.
Notes and text,
about 30,000 words
Total:
about 30,000 words
Fill 12 notebooks (80 pages each) with jottings a la Writing Down the Bones by Natalie
Goldberg, about 20,000 words each
Total:
about 240,000 words
Backpack Literature, 300-500—depends on assignments I
audit
Total:
about 10,000 words
My planned word count total for 2017 is over 410,000, using
averages.
(Before editing and rewriting, the count will be over 500,000.)
(Before editing and rewriting, the count will be over 500,000.)
I’ll post the actual word counts weekly to better keep me
on track.
January 1-7 word count:
Facebook 259
Blog Posts 398 (current and future posts)
Screenplay 75
Book
181
Notebook 3,403
Total 4,316
