Thanks to @thewholelemon for the early Sunday tag, and to @leithillustration and @theimpossibledemon for tagging me on your "Hot Goals Summer" posts. Since I have only one month left before school starts again, I figured I'd merge both ideas-- so have a traditional update + goals below!
STITCHES
I learned the hard way during my first COC that you cannot wait until the prompts are released to start, so I've been plugging away for a while now. This year, I want to have new doll art every.single.day. Yes, that's right. This will not be one set of dolls whose outfits I change, but ACTUAL NEW DOLLS DAILY. This decision is, admittedly, a little insane, and while I have made good progress, I've been very scattered about it.
What have I accomplished so far?
A cohesive plan! I have a theme for my COC countdown, and I've selected 20ish doll concepts so far. Some dolls are destined to fit prompts that repeat every year (WLW, Sideships, AU, etc) and the rest are flexible enough to fit whatever the actual prompts are once they are announced.
A growing tub of dolls. I've made a total of 22 dolls so far, including: 2 Ebbs, 2 Dryads, 1 Fiona, 1 Shep, 1 Agatha, and so many Bazzes. This may sound impressive, but most of them are naked, several are unassembled, and very few of them belong to the same concept/scene.
So what are my Hot Summer Sewing Goals?
Make an obscene number of dolls. There are 30 days of COC. Assuming each day requires at least 2 dolls, I have 38 left to make. I want to get through at least half of those before summer is up. I like to joke about being a doll factory, but I will truly need to become one to finish in time!
Get organized. I've been sewing and gathering supplies at random so progress is hard to see. I need a system. Right now I'm thinking mass produce all the dolls first, then make all the clothes, then gather all the props, etc.
Enjoy my tub of dolls for making it this far. If you are also interested in sentences, thoughts are below.
SENTENCES
My one and only goal is to write this damn book, and yet I've made so little progress this year/summer. Rather than focus on the struggles, let's celebrate and set goals!
What have I accomplished so far?
Progress! I have a rough outline and 8k words for my novel. Not as far as I'd like to be, but it's something.
Fic! I thought my SnowBaz days were over, but it was a welcome distraction to dive into something easy and familiar when I felt like I had forgotten how to form sentences. Feel free to drop a kudos on my ridiculous party robot fic. It's both sweet and hilarious.
What are my Hot Summer Sentence Goals?
Write 15 minutes a day. Any progress is good progress.
Start using brackets and TK when writing. I am a perfectionist---what a surprise! (lol) Seriously though, this trait is a drag when writing. I need to embrace the idea that the first draft just needs to exist, which means if I don't like something, I can put it in brackets and return to it later.
Phew! That was so long. I'm sorry. But, I hope putting all this out there will keep me accountable. As a reward for all the words, have some pictures of my gorgeous new sewing/writing desk. I love her so much.
If you have updates, goals, celebrations, etc, I'd love to hear them and cheer you on!
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