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Making Time to Write: A Writing Marathon
Over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be posting on Writing Wednesdays about setting up a Writing Marathon for students. During the month of February, I did this at my school with fourth and fifth graders. The goal was to write for 30 minutes a day for…
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Focus on March
In 2014, I vowed to be more focused in my work. I wrote about quarterly goals and monthly focus. Now that the month of February is almost over, it’s time to start looking at March. I’ll admit, I overshot what I thought I could get done in February. But…
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Monthly Focus Reminder
January is officially over. The newness of the year is worn off and the exhaustion of getting things done is setting in. How did you do in January? I accomplished almost everything on my focus chart for January. I have one thing not finished, but I have started on…
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We’re All in This Together: Writing Goals for 2014
Last month our WAITT members talked about accomplishments for 2013. This month, it’s time to look forward. We are sharing at least one writing-related goal for 2014 and how we are going to get there. I can’t wait to see what these ladies accomplish in 2014!!! Sue Heavenrich Archimedes…
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Quarterly Goals Reminder December 2013
I’ve been talking about goals for a few weeks. As I mentioned before, I’m working on Quarterly Goals in 2014 and then I’m doing a Monthly Focus each month. I’ve been doing this for the month of December just to test it out and it’s been so helpful. At…
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Book of Stars: Positivity in 2014
Last week I posted a very self-celebrating post of all of the writing things I’ve accomplished this year. One of my goals this year is to not be scattered to the wind and be very focused. Last week was also a week of rejections for me. I got several,…
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31 for Fun: 2013 Edition
Alayne Kay Christian challenged her followers to celebrate what they accomplished in 2013 in a fun blog post called “31 Just for Fun.” I participated last year. For more writerly celebrations, see what our WAITT writers accomplished in 2013. This post always makes me feel like a Braggy Braggerton,…
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Quarterly Goals Template
Last week, I mentioned that I am not setting huge goals for a year in 2014. I’m trying quarterly goals instead. Then each month, I will pick a FOCUS and really try to hone in on certain things for that month. I’m hoping this will provide me with more…
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2014 Goal Setting Re-Vamped
Last week, I went over the good, the bad, and the truth about 2013’s goals. Even though many things DID work, I’m always looking to make things much better. Because I found that so much can change in a year, I wanted to shorten the timeframe of some of…
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2013 A Year in Goals: The Good, The Bad, The Truth
Before I look ahead to 2014, I thought I should look back to 2013, what worked and what didn’t work in my writing life. Goals The Good: I created SMART goals for 2013. I liked setting up my goals this way because it helped me create tangible tasks for…
