Writing Bucket List

What I Want to Accomplish in My Career and with My Craft

Transcript of journal entries 5/17-5/22/23: Writing Bucket List

1. Get an agent

2. Hit a best-seller list

3. Have a movie made from a story

4. Have a game based on a story

5. Publish a piece in the New Yorker

6. Become a narrative lead or creative director

7. Land a writing gig on a AAA game

8. Go on a research trip for a novel

9. Sell a book to a big publisher

10. Have a novella published

11. Have a novel published

12. Have a book series published

13. Go to Nebula’s conference

14. Become a Nebula finalist

15. Win a Nebula

16. Become Hugo finalist

17. Win a Hugo

18. Get into a ‘Best of’ anthology

19. Publish a writing craft book

20. Collaborate on a novel

21. Write a Buffy tie-in

22. Get a writing shed

23. Land a month-long residency

24. Write a movie script

25. Sell a movie script

26. Have a book of mine appear in a movie

27. Have an author profile done on me

28. Go on a month-long writing retreat

29. Do a writing retreat with a writing group

30. Get nominated for an award

31. Get a writing MFA

32. Go to Clarion West

33. Write a story set in EHT

34. Write a story set in Olympia

35. Write a story on a boat

36. Write a story on a mountain

37. Write a story on a backpacking trip

38. Speak at a conference

39. Lead a large in-person workshop

40. Teach at a school or university

41. Teach a Clarion West workshop

42. Teach an Odyssey workshop

43. Teach at a workshop

44. Win a writing contest

45. Write a writing manifesto

46. Get interviewed by Locus

47. Get a profile in Locus

48. Visit Octavia Butler’s grave

49. Visit Ray Bradbury’s grave

50. Have a book reviewed in The New Yorker

51. Have a stranger recognize me from my work

52. Have a stranger ask me for an autograph

53. Go on a book tour

54. Have a book signing

55. Do a reading from my novel

56. Get a book blurb from an admired author

57. Write on a long train trip

58. Do a cross-state writing trip

59. Visit Village Books

60. Have a famous writer recommend my work

61. Throw a literary festival or event

62. Make a little free library of writing books

63. Get a six-figure advance

64. Make South Sound Speculative Fiction Writers Group a well-known writing group

65. Win a Nobel Peace Prize

66. Win a Pulitzer

67. Have a writing pen

68. Get professional author photos

69. Edit an anthology

70. Go on a writing-related pilgrimage

71. Hold my printed novel in my hands for the first time

72. Write a graphic novel

73. Get a selfie with a favorite author

74. Have Jeff Vandermeer love my work

75. Be a writing mentor to a teen

76. Visit a famous library

77. Have a statue made of one of my characters or books

78. Follow a famous writer’s path or journey

79. Be in a TV writing room

80. Have a special tea dedicated to one of my books

81. Stay in a famous writer’s house

82. Visit a literary town

83. Go to an in-person writing or book festival

84. Appear on the cover of a magazine

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