Goal Setting For Writers
It’s hard to believe it’s 2012 already! I’ve had a nice rest over Christmas and the New Year, and got started back at my desk yesterday, so I thought it was high time I wrote a fresh blog post. I’ve been over on my professional site already, at AllisonWhitehead.co.uk, writing the first of a series [...]
Let’s get one thing straight before I write anything else. I’m not against NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in any way, shape or form. In fact it’s quite the opposite – I think it’s a great idea. But although I did give it some consideration this year, I’ve decided to forego the challenge once again. [...]
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What is your motivation to write? If you don’t have one you’ll always find it harder to get going.
Here’s what I’ve been up to lately…
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This is what I have been pondering over lately. You’ll notice I haven’t blogged for a couple of weeks and to be honest this is the main reason for it.
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If you read my post way back in November 2009 titled 5 writing resolutions for 2010, you will know that the first item on my list was to relaunch my main client focused website.
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Okay so what makes up the week of an online writer? Well it depends on what kind of work you do, who you do it for and how much of it you do.
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If you have been reading my blog recently you will know that I have been setting myself some new writing goals for 2010.
his is really a sequel to my earlier post about my own 5 writing resolutions for 2010. Even as we are rushing around trying to plan for the big day on the 25th December, it’s good to set aside some time to evaluate how our writing careers have developed during the year.
Continue reading about What do you want to achieve with your freelance writing work in 2010?
Don’t worry – it is a perfectly normal feeling to have, especially if this is your first eBook contract for a client. I’ve got an easy solution…
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When you read this I should be somewhere in deepest Cornwall with my better half, exploring all the haunts I used to love as a kid. Ah, the beauty of being able to blog in advance and schedule my posts with Wordpress!
I thought it was about time I added a new post to the goal setting for writers section of My Online Freelance Writing Career, so here it is. Goal setting is extremely important if you want to make sure you get the most out of your writing career as possible, and that’s why you should get used to making daily goals as quickly as possible.
There is plenty of advice on goal setting out there today. I have written my own eBook on that very subject which you might find useful in this situation. “The 5 Secrets of Successful Goal Setting” gives you five essential steps to make sure you get to where you want to be.
Continue reading about What do you do when you set yourself a writing goal and fail to reach it?
If not, why not?
Let me tell you something. I attribute most of my success as an online freelance writer to goal setting. I am convinced that it would have taken me a lot longer than a few short months to reach full time status online if I hadn’t set goals to get myself there.
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