Goals 2012: The Goals Themselves

My goals for 2012 are going to be realistic and achievable: 30 hours of craft-work a week, split between the two areas of the craft that I care about: story construction and visual storytelling.

I) Story Construction

1. I will finish writing my current feature script
2. I will write a second feature script
3. I will write a short film*
4. I will co-write a comic book miniseries
5. I will read a screenplay a week**
6. I will read Aristotle's Poetics and one add'l craft-related book

II) Visual Storytelling

1. I will form a weekly peer-oriented directing workshop
2. I will direct the noted (*) short film
3. I will take at least one improv class
4. I will thumbnail one scene from the noted (**) script each week
5. I will watch one movie with the sound off each week
6. I will finish reading Impro and read one add'l craft-related book

If I put my heart into it and be sensible about achieving the above, then by the end of 2012, I will have:

• Written 2 feature screenplays
• Written 1 comic book series
• Written and Directed 1 short film
• Read 52 screenplays
• Thumbnail'd 52 scenes
• Watched 52 movies silently
• Read 4 craft-related books
• Taken 1 improv class
• Participated in 52 directing workshops

Looking over these, the ones that stand out to me as most important are naturally the ones that are in greatest danger of not happening. I will have to be extra vigilant to ensure that my goals involving PRACTICE & CREATION are put ahead of STUDY -- at least until such time as all three can be naturally executed in proper proportion.