Mastering the Art of Setting Freelance Writing Goals

I have found it much easier to set freelance writing goals, and not only is it easier, but it also helps keep you going when you're feeling down. Begin by taking a few extra minutes to sit down, decide what you want, and then plan your writing goals for the future. While planning your freelance writing goals, remember one important aspect: don't set your writing goals so high that you can't meet them in the specified amount of time. You will be reviewing and making changes to your freelance writing goals as you go along, so set writing goals you can meet. Then later down the road you can increase them.

To help get you started and give you an idea, here's how I plan out and manage my writing goals:

I make out two goal plans -- monthly goals and yearly goes. First, I start with my monthly goals. Make a table with columns. Your columns could be like this or similar: income, queries to send, articles to sell, chapters to write and paying jobs.

Income

For this part of your goal list, begin by setting a monthly income you would like to achieve. And as I mentioned in the beginning, don't set your writing goals so high that you won't be able to achieve them -- start low and increase them as you go along. For example, set a monthly goal of $300. To reach this goal you will want to try and earn $300 in one month. This isn't too high, and if you earn more than your monthly goal, that's fantastic!

Queries to Send

For this column, designate a goal for the number of queries you plan to submit in one month.

Articles to Sell

Enter the number of articles you intend to sell in one month.

Chapters to Write