Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The Book #3

So early on, and I'm already feeling a lot of anxiety.

This is my to-do list

  • Study for APs
  • Work on The Book
  • Create 4 Year STAC Retrospective video
  • Read 650 pages of Foucoult's Pendulum
Most of these things on the list are pretty straight. I already have an idea of what I want for the STAC video, studying is studying, and reading is reading.

The Book is much more complicated.

The Book has its own to-do list.
  • Designate pieces worthy of The Book
  • Edit pieces
  • Illustrations (?)
  • Compile them into a formatted word document
  • Order books
Editing the pieces has its own to-do list, which I have created on Trello. This is the current system I am using, but it could easily change.



I am trying to set deadlines for myself. This is what I have so far, in order from latest to earliest.
  • June 11th: STAC Night
  • June 4th: Order books (The shipping takes 2-5 days, but I want to be extra cautious)
I should probably set deadlines for when I want the pieces to be due. I should probably set deadlines for art. According to the June 4th deadline, I have 29 more days to complete this entire project.

My biggest fear is that I will become disorganized and I will fail to complete my work in time to print it and hand it out during STAC live. I feel like I don't have a safety net. I'm on my own, and it's damn scary.

I really do think I can pull it off. Realistically, I may not be able to illustrate every piece, but I can gather the book together. Maybe I can have an artist help me do some drawings, but if that's what I want, I need to figure it out soon so he or she would have enough time.

Still, I want to have something or someone to fall back on if I struggle. Someone who won't let me screw the whole thing up.

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