Ali promises a rough 70,000-word draft of his book for his editor by 15 February (2021)
promise · status: dropped · last event: dropped (2021-02-24) · owner: Ali
Part of: Ali's first book, which a publisher asked him to write (2020)
Told alongside: Ali promises a mailing list with behind-the-scenes emails on writing his book once or twice a week (2021)
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-06 | promised | Ali's SMART goal for his book: by 15 February 2021, a rough, messy draft of about 70,000 words to send to his editor for review. | My PRODUCTIVE Bucket List (2021) 00:01:53 |
| 2021-01-20 | progress update | Ali is writing a book and has set himself the goal of writing 2,000 words a day, usually in the mornings after his art lessons. | A RIDICULOUSLY Productive Day in my Life 00:00:58 |
| 2021-02-24 | progress update | On day eight of his 2,000-words-a-day challenge, after about 14,000 words, Ali wrote nothing, then skipped the next day too, and his book draft stalled. | i wasted the last 6 months of my life… 00:02:54 |
| 2021-02-24 | dropped | With his 2,000-words-a-day challenge stalled and the proposal judged not very good, Ali throws out the last six months of work on his book and starts its concept again. | i wasted the last 6 months of my life… 00:16:55 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2021-02-24 · i wasted the last 6 months of my life… — Ali: At the start of January 2021, thinking himself a fast typist, Ali decided he could write 2,000 words of his book a day and announced it on Twitter and his email newsletter, and he thinks on Instagram too. — 00:01:30
- 2021-02-24 · i wasted the last 6 months of my life… — Ali: For the first seven days of 2021 Ali wrote 2,000 words a day; after about 14,000 words he realised it is quite hard to write 2,000 words a day that mean something. — 00:01:30
- 2021-02-24 · i wasted the last 6 months of my life… — Ali: Failing with abandon is what Ali did with writing his book: missing the 2,000-word count stalled his progress. — 00:02:54
- 2022-01-21 · My New Life Goals (2022) — Ali: In January 2021 Ali reckoned that at 2,000 words a day he would have a first draft of his book within six weeks, by mid-February 2021; it is now January 2022, a year later. — 00:00:29