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Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello there is Peter here again and welcome to more tips and advice from writers life and today how to set your freelance writing goals becoming a freelance writer can be a lucrative and rewarding way to earn a living many writers who want to free up more time to work on their novels decide to write nonfiction articles blogs web content and much more for clients as freelance writers to allow them to manage their time better and earn money doing what they love however to become successful as a freelance writer it's important to set some goals to keep improving not only the quality of your work but the kind of work you undertake as well goals give you motivation direction and allow you to focus on what's more important to you - so how do you set goals for yourself as a freelance writer first think about what you hope to achieve goal-setting is all about giving yourself targets start by thinking about where you'd like to end up and be clear and specific this can be both financial but also around job satisfaction - would you like to specialize in a particular area for example start big then try to work out the step by step actions you need to take to get you there next organize your goals in order of priority working out what you want to achieve the most and what is most important to real first is essential some goals might not be possible to achieve without first doing something else so by prioritizing your goals you start to see a timeline emerge showing you what you need to do and in what order next make sure your goals are smart any goal you set for yourself should adhere to the smart theory smart means there should be specific measurable attainable relevant and time-sensitive thinking about your goals in this way will mean that you are very clear about what you need to do to move forward you also create deadlines for yourself and make sure that every goal you set for yourself is related to your work and important to you but not so impossible that you end up getting exasperated with the process and feeling demotivated next be prepared to be flexible but hold yourself accountable sometimes goals have to be rethought and goal posts need to be shifted and that's okay just make sure that you can be flexible enough to do this and not beat yourself up about it too much if this is what has to happen at the same time it's important to hold yourself accountable for your goals and track and review their progress as time goes on becoming a highly paid and successful freelance writer won't happen overnight by setting goals for yourself however you can pave the way for yourself and see how to get there so set goals work hard to achieve them and don't forget to celebrate your success as you do and don't forget if you're struggling to write or finish your book our free writers toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination get organized stay focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it for now as always be sure to give us the thumbs up if you like this video and subscribe to our channel for more I'm Peter and I'll see you next time here on writers life bye for now
