About my 20% time

The project I will be doing is writing a short novel. I chose this project because I've always loved writing and this will give me a chance to have a teacher look over it every once in awhile. This well help me by improving my writing skills and give me a chance to get my writing out to be known. My over all goal is to get a piece of my work into a magazine or noticed in any way.  If I'm able to accomplish this goal it'll get me one step closer to becoming a novelist.