第19页 Chapter 3. Motivational Tools

SETTING GOALS
1.明确设立目标是写作的一部分
2.列出你的项目目标
3.为每天的写作时间设立集中的目标（分解&细化）
examples:
·Write at least 200 words.
·Print the first draft I finished yesterday, read it, and revise it.
·Make a new list of project goals and write them on my whiteboard.
·Write the first three paragraphs of the general discussion.
·Add missing references and then reconcile the citations and references.
·Reread chapters 22 and 24 from Zinsser (2001) to recharge my writing batteries.
·Finish the “Setting Goals” section that I started yesterday.
·Brainstorm and then make an outline for a new manuscript.
·Reread the reviewers’ comments of my paper and make a list of things to change.
·Correct the page proofs and mail them back.

SETTING PRIORITIES
Here’s a sample list……
1. Checking page proofs and copyedited manuscripts
2.Finishing projects with deadlines.
3. Revising manuscripts to resubmit to a journal
4. Reviewing manuscripts and grant proposals. 
5. Developing a new manuscript. 
6. Doing miscellaneous writing.

Priority list forgraud:
1.Projects with deadlines
2. Curricular writing.
3. Professional publications
4. Other writing. 
1.get involved in an ongoing writing project。
2.use your scheduled writing time for your professional development. 

MONITORING PROGRESS
good motivational effects:
1.随时注意进度不偏离正在进行的目标。
2.仅仅是掌控你的进度就可以让你坐下来去写。
3.可以帮助你设定更好的目标。
Reward yourself when you finish a project goal.