Young Writers Society

What makes a writing goal (like say, write 50,000 words in a month or write 30 poems in a month) satisfying?

I very much write as a hobby so my main goal is to have fun and get some satisfaction out of my writing time. Is there a kind of goal that works well for that kind of mindset?

What has come to my realization lately is that if I want to stick with a habit, either writing a novel or writing poetry, I do need to have some sort of writing goal established. NaNo 2022 was my first ever completed NaNo and I was busy busy that November trying to keep up with the word count, but it was so satisfying to be done.

For something casual, and something that is meant to be fun, I think you could shift between actual word counts, or to finish certain aspects of what goes into writing stories/poems, such as "research __ by the end of the week" and "finish a full chapter by the end of the month" or "format one poem every week" and keep things ever shifting.

Fun!!

@keystrings Thanks for sharing! That sounds like that might be good to try.