Summer Goals 2012–Building a Writing Career
I decided to interrupt my series of prompts and markets by talking about creating writing goals for the summer. It's important to set goals for yourself as a writer, both short term and long term--and to revise them regularly. The turning of the seasons is usually a good marker for when you should revise your goals. Summer also brings with it vacations for many people--particularly students and teachers--and it's important for writers to utilize that time in the best way possible. So today I'd like to walk you through my summer goals through 2012--and to explain how each of them will contribute to my long-term writing career. My main goal: to build a name for myself and start getting regular assignments from as many paid publications as possible. This is…