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Writing Workshop: Time Management and Writing Goals

Dancing Word Writers Workshop

with Debra Kastner

September 24, 2000

Hosted by: Anne McDonald

Dancing Word Publisher/Editor

*This chat has been edited for clarity.

Tonight, we have with us Writers University instructor and author, Debra Kastner. She has some tips for us on time management (what is that?) Deb, Welcome! the floor is now yours.

Debra Kastner: Hello everyone. I'm glad to be here tonight. I'm speaking on one of my favorite subjects and that is developing and reaching your writing goals. I'm so passionate about the subject, I teach a class here at iUniverse.

First, a little bit about me, so you know I'm not some hermit with 24/7 to write. I'm married, with three girls. I homeschool all three. Enough said, for those who homeschool.

I also teach writing for iUniverse, run a homeschool board here, and write Christian romance novels for Harlequin's Steeple Hill Love Inspired.

I also have poor health--a very serious migraine condition that lays me out at least 6 days a month. Ugh.

Anyway, I was tired and frustrated, and decided to go to the Bible and find out what God said about time management. I'll share a little of what I found tonight.

What I want you to come away with is the desire to seek dynamic equilibrium--the balance that will allow you to pursue your calling to write. The basic premise is this--many people desire to "get somewhere," but fail to narrow down their "target," if you will. For the Christian writer, that "target" would be your writing, both in the broad and narrow sense.

Debra Kastner