GOALS - A to Z CHALLENGED

G is for GOALS

Each post for the A to Z Challenge is the challenge I set for myself.

Sometimes people's goals
conflict ;)

For me, in writing, G is for Goals because it is the difference between theoretically writing and challenging yourself to produce sections or chapters that build up to the end.

HAL LONGLEAT AND THE TROUBLE WITH TRUTH

Hal licked at the rough and torn skin beside his nail. Then, he gripped his hands over the top of his hat. He edged away from the shadow and risked moving little further forward. He climbed on to the water trough and rested a hand on the stable wall for balance. He still wasn’t tall enough to see over the crowd. It wasn’t that he cared about the result. He had to know what was happening.

Could YOU have been gifted with the ability to identify and eliminate weak and brittle phrases from your work? To the uninitiated, these interlopers look like quality imagery.

CLICHÉ RAIDERS: REWRITE!

•           give a dog a bad name

•           give up the ghost

•           glutton for punishment

•           goes without saying, it

•           goes from strength to strength

•           grasp the nettle

•           greatest thing since sliced bread

•           great unwashed, the

•           green with envy

•           grim death, like

FOR G, I CHOSE GOALS WHAT IS THE SUBJECT OF YOUR G POST?