Reflections Of The Past Year

     Hey fellow writers!  I have some great news to share with all of you!  2011 has been my best writing year ever thanks to the tips that Suzanne Lieurance offered last year.

Last January, I was very confused about my writing goals. I was an aspiring children’s writer with no publication credits.

After attending Suzanne Lieurance’s first Teleworkshop of the year on goal setting, I worked very hard to come up with my three major writing goals for the year. At first, I brainstormed about six goals. But after thinking and much refining in the first quarter of the year, I chose three of these six goals to start off with.

By the beginning of March, I became focused and was taking small steps every day to accomplish my three main goals. I wrote my three main goals down on a sheet of paper and tacked it on the wall in front of my computer where I wrote every day. I completed one small activity towards each of my three goals every day. This process brought me closer to completing my three main goals every day. The strange thing is I only spent half an hour a day on each of my three goals.

The end result was nothing short of miraculous. By the end of the year, I wrote two Nonfiction books, which are currently out to publishers, and I published eight nonfiction articles for teens and tweens in magazines. I went from an unpublished children’s author to a published one all in one year! 

And you can do it too by being part of Suzanne Lieurance’s Working Writers Club.

If you’re interested in joining, please visit, http://www.workingwritersclub.com/ Just mention that Irene Roth sent you. 

Don’t wait.  Make 2012 YOUR best and most productive year ever!

Irene S. Roth, MA

Keep Tracking Your Progress

     As a writer, it is important for all of you to track your progress. Unless you do so, you won’t know if you are accomplishing your goals.

     After reading one of Suzanne Lieurance’s Morning Nudge’s last week, I discovered one very effective way to keep on track my progress.  She mentioned that writers should write down their three main goals on a sheet of paper across the top of the page. You could even create this chart in a spiral notebook. Then divide the page into three vertical sections. Then list your three goals across the top of the page. Put today’s date on the extreme left side and list the activities you will perform each day to fulfill these three goals.

     Here is a visual representation of what I mean.

Goal 1:  Become a published book author
Goal 2:  Become a published magazine author
Goal 3:  Make money from website by creating courses and workshops for writers

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Date                                  Goal 1:                              Goal 2:                                   Goal 3:

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January 2^nd               

January 3^rd               

January 4^th                

January 5^th                

January 6^th                  

As you can see, this is a doable schedule. All writers can schedule their writing this way and be very successful.

Try it!

Irene S. Roth, MA

Freelance Writer for Teens and Tweens