So the new year has begun, and the days are already zipping by in full speed. Work stuff and life stuff performing their day to day duals for my attention, and there is so much to do that I don’t even know where to start. And then there’s the writing.

I have made some serious plans for this year in regards to what I want to write about or finish writing about, and now I see that I need to take this more seriously than ever if I want to achieve my goals. Changes need to be made in my lifestyle and habits, and I really hope that I can manage the challenge. But when I look at Unrequited Memories, or read some of my unfinished work, my resolve always hardens. This is something I want to do. This is someone I want to be.

The plans I have made are indeed very ambitious, but that shouldn’t stop me in trying to complete them.

So what are these plans exactly? They look something like this:

1. A science fiction novella set in a dystopian future

I have been working on this for the final months of 2017, but not as much as I would have liked, therefore it is nowhere near being finished. The storyline is mostly worked out, so as a first step I just need to get everything on the page. And then the editing and cover design can begin.

2. A book of poetry in Hungarian language

As with Unrequited Memories, I also have some poems created years ago in my native language, Hungarian. These are somewhat even more dark than the ones in Volume I, but have a slightly different atmosphere, as the main focus is not only love.

The collection is basically ready, I would only need to organize them is a suitable order, and edit and rewrite them as needed. And of course, create the cover. This is a part I am really excited about, as I now have more tools at my disposal and can’t wait to start working with them.

3. A haiku collection

Since last December, as a sort of creativity exercise, I have been trying to write one haiku a day, inspired by the events of that day. So far it has worked out pretty nicely, and I got quite a good look at how the different aspects of my life make me feel. Needless to say, I have found areas that need to be changed as soon as possible. But that’s another story.

I would like to continue this throughout the year, and finally compile a collection out of them. As to the structure of the collection, I have not decided yet. There are some ideas in mind for how it could look like, but I am not yet sure. But for now, it is not really important.

4. Continue work on a psychology themed short story collection

This is something I am really excited about, as the inner workings of our minds have always fascinated me. Dreams, obsessions, madness of various degrees all present great opportunities for investigation.

For this collection, I already have some stories I would like to include, but most of them are unfinished. As a first step, I would like to complete these, and maybe do some rework on a couple of the completed ones. But even so, a short story collection would need more stories than I currently have in stock, so I will need a lot more time to finish this project. If I could get the completion done this year, I would be more than happy with the result.

5. Continue work on a fantasy themed short story collection

The story here is basically the same as with the other collection, the only difference is that the main theme of this one would be fantasy. And maybe with a dash of science fiction.

An issue for both these collections is that some of the stories are written in English, while others in Hungarian. For the first step of story completion, I would leave everything in their original language, and after enough stories have been written, I would take some time to translate them to the other language as well. It would be nice to have the collections in both languages, even if it means quite some extra work.

 

And all of this in just one year. It sounds a lot, but it also sounds achievable. And there is plenty more left for the years to come. A lot of begun ideas still lie waiting, some of them gathering dust for quite a while now. But hopefully that will change in the future, and its just a matter of time until everything gets their deserved rediscovery.

Happy New Year! Onwards we go!