Hopeful Goal: Living Cheap but Getting There

So here is my hopeful goal:

1. Work really hard and have no social life for the next few months to get my novel finished. Let's shoot for August or September.
2. Then get that novel accepted by some publisher or another before May.
3. Also, get said publisher to pay an advance of at least enough to pay for a publishing institute.
4. Go to publishing institute, work hard, network well, get job.

All of this is a really long shot. The road to the measly pay of a copy editor is a difficult one, and expecting a novel to get accepted let alone pay for a publishing institute is a crazy one, but I guess my chances are better than with lotto.

Blergh.