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Goal Setting (Literally): A Writer's Guide: Writer Chaps, #9
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"Well-conceived goals, when acted upon, can prevent you from getting distracted and wasting time on other less vital tasks. In short, they give you direction, and get you there faster."
In this chapbook, Lee Murray—the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the Taine McKenna series and editor of Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women—lays out a systematic approach to establishing a vision and setting goals that help aspiring authors build sustainable and long-term careers.
Drawing on the experience and techniques that guided her own rise as an author, Goal Setting (Literally) features Murray's best advice for scoping out your creative career, setting goals you'll actually hit, and charting your development as a writer. Most importantly, she asks two fundamental questions many writers ignore: what does success really look like for you, and how are you going to get there?
Whether you're a new writer planning a pathway to take your career to the next level, or a fan of Murray's fiction searching for a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the way Murray built an extraordinary career, this chapbook is a peek into the mindset and philosophy of one of New Zealand's most acclaimed writers of fantasy and horror.
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Goal Setting (Literally) - Lee Murray
Goal Setting (Literally)
GOAL SETTING (LITERALLY)
A Writer’s Guide
Writer Chaps
Book 9
LEE MURRAY
Brain Jar PressBrain Jar Press
PO Box 6687
Upper Mt Gravatt, QLD, 4122
Australia
www.BrainJarPress.com
Copyright © 2022 by Lee Murray
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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
Cover design by Peter Ball
Cover Image: Man sitting in lighbulb with laptop, MJGraphics/Shutterstock.
ISBN: 978-1-922479-89-1 (Ebook) | 978-1-922479-88-4 (Chapbook)
Contents
Introduction
Why Write?
What Does Literary Success Mean To You?
Barriers To Success
Attributes For Success
Goal Setting
Remind Me Why I’m Doing This
Accountability And Monitoring
Sum It Up In A Word
Afterword
Bonus Chapter
About the Author
Thank You For Buying This Brain Jar Press Ebook
Introduction
‘Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.’ —Pablo Picasso
Anything complex requires planning. As I write this introduction, my daughter is planning her wedding. Our kitchen table is covered in lists of friends and family to invite, photographers to contact, menu plans, invitation options, dress websites, and decorative choices. There is a lot to consider, and even with thoughtful planning, my daughter and her partner could still encounter problems. We’ve all
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