Comments on: Goals versus Challenges and Resolutions versus Intentions

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:59:02 +0000

I intend to.

By: Carol Garvin

Carol Garvin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:24:10 +0000

That sounds like a worthy intention, Tricia. It’s nice to have an edge with an agent–being able to say he invited your query–but I agree that submitting nothing is better than submitting something that you know isn’t ready. I hope in August you’ll be able to report you’ve finished and the process is underway. Let us know how it goes.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:27:37 +0000

I had a goal once. It was to query the agent I met at the Yosemite Writer’s Conference, Aug. 2007. I had a pitch session with him but told him I wasn’t finished. He invited me to query him when finished. My goal was to do so in less than a year. Now it is my “intention” to query him by the two year anniversery date. I’d rather he have forgotten me than to see bad writing. I carry on.

By: Carol Garvin

Carol Garvin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:09:29 +0000

Joylene: I wish I could watch the occasional HGTV program but alas I don’t get that channel. Maybe it’s a good thing… might be too tempting! Sometimes it doesn’t take much to distract me from what I ought to be doing.

Carol: Goals do have their place as long as they aren’t self-defeating. I always struggle to find a balance between realistic ones and useful ones. (And BTW, coffee’s always on here.)

By: vade55

vade55 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:47:09 +0000

I’ve signed up for the reading challenge; still thinking about the writing one. Somehow I never meet goals, so I’m leery about setting any for my writing. I’d probably do better if someone set a certain requirement–like write 200 words a day–instead of leaving it up to me.

No need to share the Diet Coke with me, but I’ll accept coffee if you have any…

Carol

By: joylene

joylene — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:25:13 +0000

As usual, you’ve given me reason to pause and think. Which is always a good thing. Goals and i have grown to become best friends. Goals gave me reason to rise during those dark days. Now, they lift my spirits and set a fire under my butt. haha. Yes, I need goals or I’d end up in front of the tube watching reruns of Law and Order shows. Or worse, HGTV marathon.