Mugging the Muse: Writing Fiction for Love and Money (Worksheets) [2 ed.] 9781475017496, 9781937533090, 9781937533052

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Mugging the Muse Worksheets Holly Lisle

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AUTHOR’S GRANT OF LIMITED REPRODUCTION RIGHTS I, Holly Lisle, the author of this book, grant you, the owner of a legally distributed copy of MUGGING THE MUSE: Writing Fiction for Love AND Money, Second Edition, the following limited rights of reproduction. You may print (via personal printer) or photocopy as many worksheets from this book as you need for your own personal use, including multiple copies of each worksheet. You may also reproduce copies or for use by members of your immediate family living in your household (spouse or significant other, parent, child) or for members of your (physical, but not virtual) writers’ group. You may not make copies of any other portion of the book in any format (excluding the limited e-book rights granted below); nor may you make copies of any portion of the book, including worksheets, for roommates, friends, distant relatives, students, or anyone else, without my express written permission; nor may you include these worksheets in any derivative work. Doing so is a violation of copyright law. If you have the PDF version of this book, I grant you the right to print out a single paper copy of the entire book for your personal use. If you’re a public or private school teacher and you want to use materials from this workbook with your students, contact me at http://novelwritingschool.com/support and we’ll work out a copying arrangement based on the number of students for whom you wish to copy worksheets. TAKE THIS PAGE, on which you find the printing permission notice, along with any materials you wish to copy, so the copying center or your local library will know you have my permission to make copies. You’ll save yourself grief by proving that you have the right to copy the worksheets before, rather than after, you’ve made the copies.

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MUGGING THE MUSE: Quick Instructions

Mugging the Muse Worksheets INSTRUCTIONS: Print off the complete set of worksheets for the specific workshop you’re doing in advance. All worksheets are set up with a margin that will allow you to hole-punch them to save into a three-ring binder — doing this will allow you to keep your work organized so you can use the worksheets as preliminary development exercises for a book or story you intend to publish. Set up a ten-minute timer, and work toward doing one page of a worksheet in ten minutes. Doing this pushes you to write without over-thinking the process, and allows you to quiet your internal editor long enough to get creative work on the page. (The timer also works well for writers’ groups doing the exercises together.) NOTES: • The name of each worksheet (which links it to the workshop which it supports) is on the header at the top of each page. • Most worksheets contain multiple pages. • Worksheets are numbered from 1 to the end number for that worksheet. All new worksheets begin again with page 1. • In most cases, detailed explanations and instructions for each workshop and how to use the worksheet are in the book. I have added some notes on a few pages to clarify what you’ll be doing in the exercise. • Prompts are on the pages so you’ll know you’re doing the right part of the workshop in the right place. For Writers’ Boot Camp Community members, the link to your Mugging the Muse Workshop board is here: The MTM Discussion Board: http://howtothinksideways.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=248 Introduce yourself and meet your classmates: http://howtothinksideways.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=248&t=5804

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MUGGING THE MUSE : Conflict Worksheet !

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INTERNAL CONFLICT: “Wants” and what stands in the way. 1. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT: People against the MC, and why. 1. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Worksheet © Holly Lisle. All Rights Reserved.

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___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ EXTERNAL CONFLICT: I.

The “do or die” conflict. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

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What the MC will choose to do about it. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

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__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ III. Who will join him, and why. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ IV. Who will oppose him, and why. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ V.

How he’ll deal with his other conflicts by dealing with this conflict. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

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MUGGING THE MUSE : Scene Worksheet !

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PART I: No characters, one change. Set your timer for ten minutes and write quickly and with focus toward your change. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Worksheet © Holly Lisle. All Rights Reserved.

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PART II: One character, no dialogue, one change. Set timer for ten minutes, and write quickly and with focus toward your change. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Worksheet © Holly Lisle. All Rights Reserved.

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PART III: Two characters, one setting, timeframe 5 to 10 minutes, one change. Set timer to 10 minutes and write quickly and with focus toward your change. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Worksheet © Holly Lisle. All Rights Reserved.

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MUGGING THE MUSE : Deeper People Worksheet !

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REMINDER: This workshop should be done alone and in privacy. A. Ten awesome things about yourself. 1. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 8. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 9. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 10. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

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B. Ten things about yourself, your past, your thoughts, etc. that you never want anyone else to find out. 1. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 8. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 9. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 10. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

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C. Your body description, what you like, what you don’t, and what you hope no one has noticed. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

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D. The five most wonderful moments of you life. 1. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

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E. The five most painful moments of you life. 1. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

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F. Your ten greatest passions (passionately for, or passionately against). 1. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 8. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 9. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 10. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

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MUGGING THE MUSE : Notecarding Worksheet !

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For the NOTECARDING WORKSHOP, print out as many cards as you think you’ll need following the workshop guidelines, plus 15 percent. The extra 15% is about what I’ve found I use in cards I mess up, scenes I decide I don’t like right away, and if you’re going to be doing this exercise at a writers’ meeting instead of at home, you’ll want to have some extra cards handy. Again, I just use index cards rather than printing and cutting out cards, but because there are places in the world where A) I have students and B) index cards don’t exist, I have included them here. Even if you’re not going to use them, take a look at how they’re laid out. Fill in character names first, according to the numbers of cards per character you came up with when doing the math in the exercise. Next, fill in your scene sentences, writing them out in any order, just as they occur to you. Finally, when you’ve organized them according to the lesson instructions and like your order (and remember, you’re NEVER stuck with this order and you can add and subtract cards at any time) number, in PENCIL, your “Final Order” and line your cards up to write from. “Final,” however, is not final if you realize you can do something even better than what you have already with a new card or a new order.

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Final Order__________ Character: __________________________________________ Scene Sentence: _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Final Order__________ Character: __________________________________________ Scene Sentence: _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

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MUGGING THE MUSE : Description Worksheet !

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EXERCISE ONE (Part A): List three or four important points about your universe that you want your readers to know. 1. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Paragraph describing your points, but doing so using people. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Worksheet © Holly Lisle. All Rights Reserved.

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EXERCISE TWO: Write a paragraph using action to describe the most compelling detail in a situation you’re trying to set up for your character. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Worksheet © Holly Lisle. All Rights Reserved.

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EXERCISE THREE: List the characteristics that make your character different. 1. ___________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________

Writing example 1: Single paragraph description by list using the above characteristics. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

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Writing example 1: Scene in which you spread out the characteristics above over several pages. (Include dialogue, action, and scene setting.) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Worksheet © Holly Lisle. All Rights Reserved.

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MUGGING THE MUSE : Pacing Worksheet !

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ACTION PRACTICE: Part 1 — Write your action scene with a fast pace — fit the entire thing from start to finish on the lines of this page. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

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ACTION PRACTICE: Part 2 — Write your action scene with a slower pace — write the exact same scene with the exact same action, but fill the three pages you’re given here. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

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DIALOGUE PRACTICE: Part 1 — Write your dialogue scene with a fast pace — fit the entire thing from start to finish on the lines of this page. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

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DIALOGUE PRACTICE: Part 2 — Write your dialogue scene with a slower pace — write the exact same scene with the exact same action, but fill the three pages you’re given here. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

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MUGGING THE MUSE : Map Worksheet !

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Use the included map graph paper to draw out small maps. Print multiple sheets. I’ve included three in this workshop. (If you like this technique, you can also invest in a tablet of graphing paper. You can enlarge your maps later to draw in extra detail. The symbols you use, described in the workshop instructions, are shown below. Using colored markers or pens can give your some extra inspiration. Dots:

•●◎◉⦿⦾✪

Upside-down Vs:

∧ ∧∧ ⋏ ⨇ ⧍ △

Snaky lines:

Broken lines: − − − − −

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Trees:

Ruins: ⧈

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Miscellaneous idea shapes: ⚑

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WRITING PORTION: • Why are the borders there? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ • What goes up and down the rivers? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ • How are the people on one side of the border different from people on the other side? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ • What lives in the mountains? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

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• How does the weather endanger the lives of the people on your map? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ • What else endangers the people on your map? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

On the next page is a vertical timeline with 2000 years marked off in in hundred-year increments. Fill in big events---but about specific points on your map. Work from left top to left bottom, then from right top to right bottom.

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MUGGING THE MUSE : Goals Worksheet !

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STEP ONE: Following the instructions in the book, write your “what I’m doing in ten years” paragraph. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

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1) Ten necessary smaller steps that will take you to that ten-year vision. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2) Number the goals into logical first-to-last order.

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3) In the right-hand border, write in your best guess of how long it will take to achieve each goal if you apply yourself. 4) When you have your time frames figured out, fill out your goal cards. Again, I do these on index cards, but you can print out and cut out the goal cards (use the heaviest paper stock you can find---these have to last for at least ten years). Print at least three sheets. Plan on printing more as you figure out how to refine your goals and break them into smaller, more easily achievable bites.

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