Know Your Goals

[obadiah]

In a recent article on the Inkpunks website, Adam Israel encourages new writers to ponder their writing goals. I've sold a few stories now, so it's a good time for me to list the long-term goals for my own writing. Here they are, in some semblance of order:

• Write more stories.
• Sell them.
• Get paid.
• Write a novel.
• Sell it.
• Get paid.
• Lather, rinse, repeat.
• Make a living at it.
• Quit the day job.
• Write more.
• Win awards.
• Have my books and stories made into movies, which then become popular.
• Become beloved by millions.
• Parlay my fame into a political career.
• Run for US President.
• Win.
• Fund SETI.
• Contact ET.
• Make friends with ET.
• Schmooze the aliens into letting Earth join the galactic federation.
• Get the aliens to give us longevity and FTL travel technology.
• Build a starship with the billions of dollars I'll have from book royalties.
• Travel the universe as Earth's first ambassador to the galactic federation.

It's important to have goals.

Seriously, though, it's a great article, and a nice starting place for information for newbie writers. I also have a list of resources for writers on my website.

And to them what write: happy writing!