3 Tips to Achieve Your Writing Goals
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By Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ
1. Make your goals achievable.
By achievable, we mean realistic and attainable. You might unconsciously have set a goal even others will have a hard time achieving, even if they had the means and the time to do so.
Here’s what you can do: Break down your goals into small, realistic goals set against reasonable time frames. Oftentimes, you’ll achieve your bigger goals if you work on achieving the smaller goals leading to those. The important thing is making your goals as realistic and as achievable as you can.
2. Devise a feasible plan.
You know what you want, but do you know how to get what you want? Do you need technical or artistic training to achieve your goals? Or perhaps further studies? Do you have a set plan of action that will lead to the achievement of your goals? What things, both tangible and intangible, do you need to aid you in reaching your goals?
Take a moment to sit down and list the things you need and make your action plan. This is a good time to break them down into small, realistic goals and then tackle them one day at a time!
3. Resist spreading yourself too thinly.
Sometimes, it’s better to work on one goal at a time, rather than doing and shooting for so many all at the same time. Work on so many goals at one given time and you’ll find out you’re nowhere near achieving even one goal. You won’t be able to focus your full energy on one goal.
Prioritize your goals and start with either your top priority or your most realistic goal. You’ll discover you’re able to do more and achieve more using this approach.
Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ is the creator of WriteSparks! - software that generates over 10 million story sparkers for writers. Download WriteSparks! Lite for free.
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2 Responses to “3 Tips to Achieve Your Writing Goals”
By Suzanne on Mar 31, 2008 | Reply
Hey,
Great tips!
One of the problems most of my coaching clients have when they come to me is a lack of focus caused by trying to do too many things at once.
Focusing on one thing at a time will make you much more productive.
Suzanne Lieurance
The Working Writer’s Coach
http://www.workingwriterscoach.com
“When Your Pen Won’t Budge, Read The Morning Nudge”
By Dustin on Apr 1, 2008 | Reply
Breaking big goals down into little goals is key. Whether that’s word counts (1000 words a day) or blog posts (1 a day) or sections (a chapter a week) or whatever, having a small, immediate goal that you can sit down and *do* is so important — and holding yourself to it, whether or not ou feel “inspired” even more so.