Lore & LilacWriting goals without guilt
A goal is a planning tool, not a verdict on your character, so build one that absorbs a bad week instead of breaking on it.
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Related glossary terms
- Word countThe number of words in a manuscript, used to judge whether a novel's length suits its genre and audience, and to track drafting progress.
- RevisionThe process of re-seeing and reworking a draft, from structure, scene order and character arcs down to the sentences themselves.
- Reverse outlineAn outline made after drafting that records what each scene actually contains, so you can see the book's real structure.