Every January, I like to go over my goals for the year. Posting them online sort of holds me accountable, so I’ll update my progress quarterly. Landing an agent, publishing contract, and a spot on the NY Times Bestseller list are things I want and hope to achieve one day, but I’m only putting things on my list that I have to power check off from my efforts. I love crossing out things I’ve accomplished and don’t want to frustrate myself with stuff that’s out of my immediate control.
My Writing Goals for 2012
1) Log in at least one hour per weekday on my writing career
2) Write a new novel
3) Finish/Polish/or Revise the 7 manuscripts in FINISH ME NOW, DAMN IT! pile
(Some only need tweaks, others lack a few chapters)
4) Attend more writing conferences and workshops
5) Join a writer’s guild
6) Submit something somewhere each week
7) Write 12 poems
8) Write 10 short stories
What are your goals for this year?
January 27th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Wow~ I’m very impressed with your goals and have no doubt you can do it all! I’d like to write two MG novels this year~ I’ve got a pile of possibilities, but really need to commit or else I’ll just bounce from idea to idea.
January 30th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
I know, it’s so hard to pick one idea for a project when you have a bunch of possibilities floating around your head.
Good luck on those 2 MG novels 
January 27th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Hey, Tina,
Goals keep us accountable
I have some of the same ones you do. Just finish some stuff!
January 30th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Hey Joy,
Oh yes, with the accountability. That’s one reason I listed my goals, because it’ll drive me nuts NOT being able to cross everything off.
January 27th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Excellent post today. I really enjoyed it very much thanks!
Writers Wanted
January 30th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Thanks
January 29th, 2012 at 8:27 am
Those are fantastic goals. Good luck on them.
I want to finish two WIPS. One just needs edits and the other is a draft that I recently began.
January 30th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Hi Medeia,
Thanks, and good luck with finishing your WIPs.
January 31st, 2012 at 6:00 am
Yeah, that’s a great list. Here’s some of my goals:
Promote Script Frenzy in Hamilton.
Write 18 new short stories.
Keep revising short stories.
Finish ‘How to Revise your Novel’ course by Holly Lisle.
Read 52 books.
Read 52 short stories.
Keep up with slushpile reader duty for Ad Astra magazine.
Go to Kansas CSSF Novel workshop.
Good luck!