Writerly things to do

A couple years ago my friends and I made a list of 52 goals we wanted to accomplish, the equivalent of a bucket list for a year's worth of achievable things. Most of them were simple goals, but measurable. For instance, you couldn't just write "read more" as a goal. It had to be quantifiable, like "Read a book a month." It was fun, but also challenging, both to put the list together and to accomplish all the things I came up with. By the end of 2012 I'd done a little more than half of the things on my list.

If you look online you'll see lots of spin-offs on the 52 things concept -- 52 things you want to and can achieve in the 52 weeks of next year. I'm a firm believer that it's good to have goals, but also to hold them gently. In a list of 52 things to accomplish in a year, actually doing 18-20 of those things is pretty amazing. You can always defer the rest to the next year, after all. So if you want to create a 52 Things list this year, and you're looking to add some writing goals to your list, here are my 52 ideas: (Brooke Warner at HuffPost Books)

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