The target is set (crikey suddenly it becomes real!)

Yep no point just sitting there going "One day I know I'll get a book deal or some sort of published work deal thing. Maybe a comedy script? Even a short story would bring some small bragging rights".

A target needs to be set. Ok.

[pause for effect here]

The target has to be realistic (well actually it doesn't so long as there's a target- it can be modified/moderated later)

So a target. Right a big aim which will then have to be broken down into something manageable - SMART as some "smart" person once said stands for Something? Measurable, Attainable, Rsomething?, Tsomething? - you can see how much attention I was paying that day to the Human Resource manager!

Here we go then -

Chris's target:-To get something published in 2008 TahDah

Ok that's it done then. I have a target. Something to aim for. Write something and get it published this year. Hang on "write something"? Of course thinking about it it could also be photos or a photo book. Probably best to try to create a list of things that could eb published, things that would count as having hit the target. So a list.....

1) A novel
2) A short story
3) a poem
4) a TV script (of some sort but preferably a comedy script)
5) a radio script
6) a letter to the editor (mmm not sure if that really counts but we'll leave it in for now - a fallback position perhaps for those desperate moments later in the year)
7) a photobook
8) an anthology of the stuff above, or at least some of the stuff that seems sensible to fit together
9) a creative writing exercises book

Well nine items isn't bad as a start. Of course the biggy is number 1 - pretty much a fat chance if you ask me at this time of the night (it's late and it might be better to revisit this in the cold light of day)