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Reading/Writing Goals - Halftime Update

Well, since the year is a little more than half over, I thought I'd take a look at my reading and writing goals for the year and see where I'm at in relation to where I'd hoped to be. Back in January I assigned myself the daunting task of reading 52 books and 150 screenplays, and writing 4 screenplays and 1 book during the 2012 calendar year. Which means that at the halfway mark, I should be roughly 26 books and 75 screenplays in, finished with two screenplays and at least thinking about my book. How are things shaking out?

Books read: 19
Screenplays read: 44
Screenplays written: 1
Books written: 0

So it looks like I've got a little catching up to do in the latter half of the year. The books can be at least partially attributed to the fact that I've been reading longer audiobooks during my commute (George R.R. Martin is not light on run time!), and I just flat out burned out on screenplays by not pacing myself and frantically reading over half a dozen per week for a span of a couple weeks. The writing is where I'm really taking a hit, though. I had thought at the beginning of the year that I would be far more productive than I have been. On the plus side, the one script I have written is quite good I'm told, so maybe this will be a year for quality over quantity. I do still need to get a few more projects done to feel like I've given my writing a fair shot this year, so I guess we'll see how the back nine of 2012 shapes up. At least I'm not so far behind that it'll be impossible to catch up. Right? RIGHT???