TIME TO EXAMINE MY GOALS FOR 2010

How did I do on my POETRY ACTION PLAN FOR 2010?  

I would have to say that I wasn't overwhelmingly successful in realizing my three major goals.

 

* My first goal was to Write a Poem a Week. ~ While My writing output increased, it still fell short of 52 finished poems. By the close of the year I had realized 28 poems, 11 of them finished. I discovered with this exercise that I have trouble letting go and allowing a poem to actually be done.

On the positive side, I have also begun Journaling and so even if I am not writing poetry, I am still writing.

* My second goal was to Finish two Manuscripts I had begun. ~ Neither of these manuscripts finished at this time. I'm actually farther from my goal than when I started, due in part to my inability to allow a poem to be done. (see goal one, above) I started back into those poems previously completed, so . . . 

* My third and final goal was to Submit poems to magazines. ~ This one I did. I had read that it is good to start with contests, so that's where I focused my energies. Unfortunately, I won exactly zero contests. I need to think about what that means.

The way I see it, I may not have realized my writing goals, but I learned some very important things about myself that may enable me to do better this year.

POETRY ACTION PLAN

Being a part of the Fall Reading Challenge was fun and it opened my eyes to the need to be explicit with my writing goals. It is important to do more than just have a commitment. I must be able to see and measure my progress, making adjustments as needed. The first step is to state my goals. Here is my  

POETRY ACTION PLAN FOR 2010: 

Write a Poem a Week

Finish Manuscripts: #1, #2

Submit poems to magazines