Goodreads asked Christopher L. Hedges:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Christopher L. Hedges Be very clear on what it is you want before you get started. When you know what you want set your goals significantly higher than what you think they should be. I found it was easier to set challenging stretch goals from the start instead of setting easier goals and having to come up with new ones on the fly.

Goal: New York Times #1 Bestseller vs Goal: Write a book, New Goal: Get published, New Goal: Get on TV for book promotion, New Goal: Major national TV talk show,...

All of those other things are steps I'm taking on the path to my goal of New York Times #1 Bestseller. They are all steps to a much larger goal so I'm working on them all simultaneously instead of meeting a goal and resetting to meet another goal. In my opinion it is more efficient and you will be more productive following my way of thinking, but it's only my opinion.

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