Writing Assignment Tracker V

First draft delivered today.  Yay me, etc.

Took about nine weeks, instead of the twelve allocated.  Roughly broken down into three weeks of “I’ve got loads of time to do this”, three weeks of “shit I’d better be getting on with this”, two weeks of “I’m never going to finish this in time”, and this week, where I did finish it in time and actually managed to allow myself a period of quiet reflection to go away and come at it afresh for some last minute cut-backs and make-betters.  I’m pretty happy with it, but then again I’ve read it about twenty times in the last three days so objectivity is long gone.  And when is good enough good enough?  I could keep noodling forever, but certainly at this first draft stage the chick needs to be tossed out of the nest sooner rather than later. 

Fingers and eyes are both hurting so I’ll leave it there.  Will feedback on feedback.

Step	Name	Duration Sched / Actual	Delivery Date Sched  /  Actual	+/- Schedule
1.	First Draft Treatment	1 month	15/11/12
	Initial Step Outline	2 weeks	26/10/12
	Initial Step Outline client comments	4 days	30/10/12
	First Draft Treatment	2 weeks	16/11/12	-1 Day
2.	First Draft Treatment client comments	3 weeks	06/12/12
	Client comments	2.5 weeks	03/12/12	+3 Days
3.	Second Draft Treatment	10 days	16/12/12
	Writer response (not treatment)	2.5 weeks	20/12/12	-4 Days
	Client comments	3 weeks	06/01/13
	Second Draft Treatment	10 days	17/01/13	-1 Month
4.	Second Draft Treatment client comments	4 weeks	13/01/13
	Client comments		21/01/13	-1 Week
5.	First Draft	12 weeks	07/04/13
		9 weeks	22/03/13	+2 Weeks
6.	First Draft client comments	8 weeks	02/06/13
7.	Revised First Draft	4 weeks	30/06/13
8.	Revised First Draft client comments	2 weeks	14/07/13
9.	Second Draft	4 weeks	11/08/13
11.	Second Draft First Set	6 weeks	22/09/13
12.	Second Draft Second Set	6 weeks	03/11/13

 

 

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