Writing Journal Worksheet – Milestones (PDF)

It’s time to NaNoWriMo! Or if you’re not participating, you can use this worksheet break down your writing goals, and set up your own milestones.

Worksheet Ideas

Here are some examples of how you might use this worksheet…

1. STORY MILESTONES
   From: the heroine’s introduction
   To: the heroine meeting her nemesis
   Distance: 3 days, 3 blocks & 3 revelations
2. FICTIONAL WORLD MILESTONES
   From: Bag End
   To: Rivendell
   Distance: 458 miles (source)
3. REAL WORLD MILESTONES
   To: Paris
   From: London
   Distance: 300 miles
4. WORD COUNT MILESTONES
   From: Chapter 3
   To: Chapter 4
   Distance: 1500 words
5. PAGE COUNT MILESTONES
   From: Chapter 4
   To: Chapter 5
   Distance: 10 pages
6. CHALLENGE MILESTONES
   From: scatterbrained
   To: ninja focus
   Distance: 100 days of meditation
7. PROJECT MILESTONES
   From: First draft
   To: Second draft
   Distance: 15 days

You can even use this worksheet as a retrospective. How about filling it in at New Year’s? What milestones did you hit this year? Where were you at this time last year, and how far have you travelled?

I’m sure you can think of lots more ideas! Use one worksheet for many different types of milestones, or map out a single trajectory – it’s up to you.

P.S. You can list the dates when you reached each milestone on the timeline.

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