Writing Milestones

When you reach one of your writing milestones or writing goals, it can be a very heady feeling indeed. You will likely breathe a sigh of relief, pat yourself on the back, maybe indulge in a well deserved glass of champagne. And then, well chances are that after that you will dive right back into your writing. Why do so many writers who achieve their writing milestones celebrate by writing more? There may be a few reasons behind this phenomenon.

For starters, when you achieve a goal that is particularly meaningful for you, and writing milestones are nothing if not meaningful to writers, you tend to experience quite a bracing adrenaline rush. And of course when your adrenaline is coursing madly through your bloodstream, you feel a huge surge of energy. That mad rush of energy needs to be channeled into something, so why not your writing?

In addition to feeling energized after achieving one of your writing milestones, you will likely also feel the urge to establish a whole new set of writing goals. For example, let's say you have just written your one hundredth article for a particular publishing organization. Reaching a big, impressive number of articles in your article library like that lets you know what you are capable of and stands as a powerful reminder that you are capable of achieving even more if you really put your mind to it.

In other words, when you achieve one of your writing milestones or goals, you start to dream of what your new writing goals should be. It's that kind of ambition and drive that will keep you going through thick and thin. After all, whether you are writing to make money or for fun or for any other reasons, you need to feel these periodic surges of encouragement and accomplishment to endure over the long haul.

The writer of this Hub is actually achieving a personal writing milestone with the writing of this particular Hub, which happens to be number fifty. There are so many Hubbers who have written hundreds of Hubs who serve as a great source of inspiration to this Hubber and countless others.

If you are writing Hubs or articles for other websites, look to the online writers all around you who have been blogging or contributing hundreds of quality Hubs and other articles to other online writing sites. You will feel inspired and energized by their accomplishments and your desire to keep writing and to keep setting new writing goals will only grow stronger and deeper. After all, it is when you keep striving that you keep achieving new writing milestones.