Complete two features. Complete Two Shorts.

Done and Done. Completed two features this year.

- Get two scripts reviewed on Amateur Friday.


No luck - but tried.

- Complete 50 queries.

Have done zero - got to get on this.

- Enter four contests.

Done

- Read at least twelve features.


Done

- Write a script where every line ends in an orphan

There is still time to get this
done

So far so good on my goals, have been updating it as I go.

Good to see people getting some stuff done.  And Dena, knowing you, you could bust out 4 screenplays by the end of this weekend!  

Quoted from eldave1 Congrats - making a living off of writing is a hell of an achievement

Cheers, mate.

Enter 4 short contests.
Complete feature script.
Continue working on format.  

Finished the first one on my list awhile back. Then I changed the other goals around a bit (is that cheating?). I came up with ideas for two scripts that I'm really excited about. Simple ideas. So I dove right in to the outlining and studying horror films for one of them. Next year I'm gonna hit the ground running and write them both start of finish.

Here's the goals for remainder of this year:

Study a ton of horror/thriller films. Status: in progress...

Outline new comedy feature. Status: finished!

Outline new horror feature. Status: in progress...

Finish action/adventure script by the end of the year, no matter what, no excuses. Status: ARGH!

Quoted from MarkItZero Finish action/adventure script by the end of the year, no matter what, no excuses. Status: ARGH!

Sounds promising, good luck with it

What a great idea to see where we are at. Let's see what bollocks I promised!

1 - Write my first novel.  - Doing well. 50k words out of a planned 80k written.
2 - Write another feature - NOPE! Focusing on a TV pilot instead after a production company (that focuses on TV) recently said I could send them some scripts.
3 - Continue writing shorts, getting them produced. - Yup and Yup! Although the produced aspect has slowed down with several optioned scripts stuck in various stages of production at the moment. I hope at least one of them makes it through to the end.  
4 - Continue entering competitions, submitting to producers, directors and agents. - Yup!
5 - Keep writing, and never give up. - Yup!

Quoted from Matthew Taylor I like this thread. Hopefully, we can come back throughout the year and tick a lot of these off. 1. Finish the two features I am currently working on -progress is slow - but progress none the less 2. Write at least 1 short every month - lost count of how many new shorts I have now - going to stop writing them outside of OWC though, taking away time from features 3. Participate in all OWC - so far so good 4. Finish 1st draft of third feature - Not even close 5. Complete first episode of Sci-Fi series I have an idea for - On track for this 6. Enter PAGE contest Done - FU PAGE for not putting me in quarters lol 7. Finish personal website Done

Updated mine at the halfway point - Not too bad I suppose.

My main objective for this year is to just improve my writing - that seems to be going well

Forgot to add - Well done Dustin for getting to a point where you can make a living from writing. I can imagine that involved a lot of hard work and some leaps of faith. Kudos

How's everyone doing?

I have to say that my year so far has been an utter and complete failure as far as writing goes. Even though I had producers waiting for scripts, I haven't even finished one single feature yet. I have one that needs like ten more pages. That should not be a problem. I have no problem writing a ten page script in one day, but for some reason, I just never seem to be able to sit down and finish it.

I've also only made one film so far. Failure there too.

On a personal note though, things have been good for the most part. A couple of family member had to deal with some illnesses, but two more grandkids arrived too, so all in all a plus.

Now, if someone could just give me a giant kick in the but to get going so I can finish this one script!!!  

Failed. No excuse. 2019 has been extremely positive on the personal front though.

Quoted from Grandma Bear I have one that needs like ten more pages. That should not be a problem. I have no problem writing a ten page script in one day, but for some reason, I just never seem to be able to sit down and finish it. Now, if someone could just give me a giant kick in the but to get going so I can finish this one script!!!

Get in touch. I may be able to push you in the right direction, Pia, if you want to be.

I’m practicing on how to shorten dialogue. Being long-winded is a problem for me. Writing novels is so much easier.

Quoted from Warren Okay, I'll throw some out there. 1) Finally finish the feature I've been working on for a little over 2 years and submit it to a few comps. THANKS DAVE! - COMPLETED (Submitted to 6 of 6 comps)  RESULTS: 1) BlueCat Semi-finalist     2) PAGE Quarter-finalist     3) Scriptapalooza Semi-finalist     4) Austin Film Festival Second Rounder    5) Final Draft Big Break Quarter-finalist 2) Run a kickstarter campaign to get above mentioned script turned into a comic book series   Kickstarter campaign scheduled for early 2020 3) Enter all 2019 OWCs. - FAILED - Only 2 of 3 entered        Writer's Choice - Jan 2019      Writer's Tournament 2019 -- Round 1 - 3rd, Round 2 - 1st, Round 3 - 3rd, Round 4 - 1st, Round 5 - 5th   OVERALL - Writer's Choice 1st 4) Have at least one short produced.    COMPLETED A Generous Donation filmed as Memories 5) Write at least 3 of my own new shorts, not OWCs. 6) Finish my horror feature that I started and haven't touched for months. I'd be happy if I just get number one done, but I'll try my best to do them all

Been a pretty good year, got my main goals completed and a few others are very much in the works.

Didn't do as much writing as I would have liked but what can you do.

Quoted from SAC My immediate goal is to continue outlining a new feature I’m working on, get I t written and rewritten and sharing it with all of you great writers.

I see that my goal was from Jan 3 and I was outlining a new feature, but I honestly can't remember which one it was so there goes that.

However, I did sell a feature over the Summer. I was pretty stoked about that for, like, two weeks before it wore off and I realized I needed to sell another. And another...

As it's still 2019, I do have another goal and that is to finish the rewrite on my Christmas script and market the hell out of it. Almost finished so that's looking very doable.