Top Tips for Authors: How to make goals for your writing

"I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible, loving human forces that work from individual, to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets or like the capillary oozing of water, yet which, if given time, will rend the hardest monument of human pride." - William James

I have achieved a level of success with my picture books, but I still have goals I would like to achieve. Over time, these goals have changed. I would still like to achieve the goal of getting and agent and making a significant wage from my books, but I am more realistic about what I need to do to achieve those goals. The main thing I have learnt is that I need to keep moving forward.  When I think of the very best thing I have achieved, I am achieving my goal of leaving a legacy of work for my children and all the children around the world who love my stories. I have come to realise that I don't have to be rich or famous for one of my books to do what they were intended to do; make children happy. The seemingly insignificant act of someone reading my stories to an eager listener who has asked for it "again" is the ultimate success.


As an artist, you need to keep moving forward, even if it is in baby steps, each and every day. Make time for dreams by allowing yourself the tools that you need to achieve your goals. Standing still is not a viable option. You should be doing one thing every day that takes you in the direction of your dreams, no matter how big or small. You can never underestimate the repercussions of the small steps you are making. It only takes one story, one submission, or one person to notice your talent and you are on your way. Don't give up.

Keep moving,
Michelle

www.michelleworthington.com


www.michelleworthington.com