Greetings & Salutations:
I haven't posted in a few days because I seem to keep having to divert my precious time to other stuff. It's really a drag sometimes, when all you want to do is SIMPLY WRITE!
I want to make a short post today, but that doesn't mean it's not an important one. I just wrote an email to a new writing friend, discussing the importance of knowing what kind of writing you want to do, then working out a schedule that allows you time to do it. I said it, realizing that there are a number of things that all of us have to contend with in our individual lives. These things already try to crowd out the time we have available to write. That doesn't even take into account the "unforeseen occurrences that befall us all"! When accidents, emergencies and other unexpected necessities of life are a factor, your well-planned writing schedule can get shot to hell!
That is why it is important to set realistic goals. Writing is your work (regardless of if you do it full time, partime, or somewhere in between), so your long and short term related goals are important. But setting goals so high that you never reach them is counterproductive. When you set your goals (and yes, you need to have more than one), make sure you factor in a "cushion of time" that takes into account the possibility of the unexpected. That way, if things in the day-to-day get a little off course, it won't affect the results of things in the long run. By doing this, the worst thing that can happen is, nothing happens to throw you off course, and you meet your goals way ahead of schedule!
Happy Writing
ttfn -ta ta for now
Charm
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