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Thoughts on accountability, deadlines, and goals
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- Jan 14, 2026
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Summary
Some thoughts on how and why you might use accountability, deadlines, and goals to motivate you to write. I include excerpts from some responses to these thoughts by Pat Thomson and Rachael Cayley. My goal in publishing this is to help you reflect on your own practices and adjust them so that you open up the possibility for joy in your writing as well as getting the writing done that you want and need to do. Read the Pat Thomson post: https://patthomson.net/2015/07/02/accountability-and...