Do you set goals when you write?  You really should.  After all, it's difficult to hit a mark when there's nothing to aim for.  It's true for any endeavor and, whether you like it or not, it holds for writing too.

Long-Term Goals

If you ever entertained any ideas about writing professionally, you will want to look at setting long-term goals as a writer.  Create a big picture: what kind of writing will you be doing further down the road?  Would you like to a published novelist with a library of books to your credit?  Do you intend to be a nationally-acclaimed reviewer for cultural magazines?  What is it you are hoping to achieve for the future?

Annual And Monthly Goals

While  long-term goals tend to focus on the big picture, these next categories of goals involve more easily actionable things.  Surely, there are very specific actions you can take now towards anything you believe you can achieve within the next twelve months, aren't there?

Short-Term Goals

Short-term goals are immediate things you can perform right now that will bring you closer to your long-term, annual and monthly goals.  Whether that's finishing one page of your novel every evening, finding the best writing software or producing 5,000 words of text for your workday, these consist of easily achievable targets that will bring you closer to your larger goals.

Whatever kind of goals you may have, as long as you set it until the deadline, it will help you achieve it until it is finish in order for you to meet the deadline that you had set. Plan things well.