This week the topic is: ‘Share your writing goals for 2019.’
I’ve read many blogs recently where New Year writing resolutions/ goals are made. However, I wonder if that is a good thing to do? The majority of us do not earn our living writing novels, and ‘Life’ has a habit of getting in the way and stealing valuable writing time.
Professional authors with one of the big 5 publishers generally receive large advances, which usually go hand-in-hand with needing to meet writing deadlines. In my humble opinion it would surely be these people who would need to state their writing goals for 2019, and not the average self-published author.
Deadlines to me means … stress. What’s the point of me setting goals and stressing myself out? That would only take all the fun out of writing, and for me the best bit is NOT having to meet deadlines! I write when I want to. Sometimes I don’t write a thing for weeks, and other times I’m tapping away for hours like the clappers. Being forced to write to meet a deadline kills any creativity as far as I’m concerned.
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Stevie Turner 
Re-blogged, I think. https://wordpress.com/post/waterstoneway.wordpress.com/91 – I’m new to WordPress and blogging in general.
I’ve been studying writing techniques over the past few months. My goal is to write something on my Women’s fiction novel – my first work in progress – every day but I am not going to stress if I miss a day or two due to appointments, illness, or life getting in the way.
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I say we write like we mean it and let it take care of itself. This isn’t like weight loss or fitness training. Setting goals for writing is like trying to win Yoga. It’s not like we’re really writing these things. Is it? “I don’t try to dance better than anyone else. I try to dance better than myself.” M. Baryshnikov. Or “I don’t want dancers who want to dance. I want dancers who have to dance.” George Balanchine. The goal is doing, not a trophy or a word count or even product. The goal just is.
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Well said there, Phil.
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Reblogged this on aurorawatcherak.
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Thanks for the re-blog!
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I wouldn’t ever get anything accomplished if I didn’t set some deadlines, but I hold my goals lightly, subject to adaptation to my personal life. But I so understand why others choose not to set deadlines. If that works for you, great. I just know my own procrastinating ways.
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It doesn’t bother me if I don’t write anything for weeks. I write for a hobby. I think I’d write a load of gibberish if I had to meet a deadline.
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I used to be like that – writing for my own entertainment. I still do sometimes and I enjoy it (noodling). But I also enjoy publishing books people read, so it’s a balance.
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I still publish books, but just when I want to.
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I’m with you about deadlines. The minute you set a time limit, you are doomed to miss it. There are a lot of things I would love to do this year, but it won’t kill me if I don’t…
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Absolutely. What’s the point?
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Exactly!
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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My goal, not a resolution is to finish my WIP this year – if I were to add ‘before I finsih the Xmas chocolates’ that would make the goal unattainable!
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Good luck with it!
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I like making goals, but they are for the whole year so no stress as I do not put a date on it per se.
I am writing 2 books currently and my goal is to get them out by June; plan to self- publish. If it takes an extra month or so- no big deal.
I like having a To-Do list; guidance and direction! http://Www.mswwrites.com
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Good luck with your goal!
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That’s the way I work as well. I have goals but no hard deadlines
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