There’s a lot happening in 2020 and it helps to have something to work towards to keep me focussed.
Dreams are things I would love to achieve but don’t have direct control over, like winning an award, getting an agent, and selling to a ‘top-tier’ professional short fiction market (like Fantasy & Science Fiction or Clarkesworld). There are things I can do that make those more likely, but ultimately they come down to luck, competition, the market and all sorts of other things outside of my influence. My ultimate dream is to make a living from writing, but you only have to look at average writer income surveys to realise that is a difficult thing to achieve.
My goals are measurable things completely within my power to achieve. I try and make sure they cover writing, learning, publishing, reading, networking and volunteering. And staying sane of course :)
Here’s what I came up with for 2020:
So, what do you think? What are your dreams and goals for the year?