Timeline of a Project
Just now, via the Discover page (new posts), I found this one about a user designing a dungeon for a TTRPG. I'm not particularly interested in TTRPGs beyond the concept of them, but the bones of the post interest me.
Specifically the outline of his (her?) project, structuring it into a "9 week year".1 I am working on a project myself, to create an essay anthology about my experience with epilepsy.2 My goal - a bit lofty - is to publish it as a book. It would be nice to send it to a capital-P Publisher, but self-publishing is easy enough as an eBook and print-on-demand services. Either way - I'd like to see this as a physical, soft-cover book.3
Unfortunately I am also very disorganized. I have waffled between writing new essays, reviewing older essays, and brainstorming different topics. I don't have a structured plan for working on this thing, so the timeline for finishing it is "whenever". Or, ¯
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So, I very clearly need to come up with a reasonable timeline to get something done. The idealist in me would aim for a general "end of 2023" but I should probably start by determining how long each step of the way will take, and work from there. I suspect that will take me into early 2024, which is fine. I don't want to rush anything.
It's an important project for me, and I want to get it right. This isn't some sort of blog post (although, ironically, some of the essays will be taken from blog posts), it's a story of my life in the last 4 years. I really should get that right.
Before I work on the next essay, then, I will come up with a timeline. That's goal number 1.
Edit: Newfound Internet friend (or at least, acquaintance?) Mike Grindle shared this page on his latest post! Thanks so much for that, Mike! I thought I should point people to the latest update on the project, where I actually developed a timeline.