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