- Write every day.
- Finish a story.
- Submit stories regularly for consideration for publication.
- Get rejections.
- Get used to rejection.
- Work on my story crafting.
- Get better rejections, like "not a good fit" instead of "your story is crap."
- Receive 50 rejections.
- Get a story accepted into an anthology.
- Get a story accepted into a pro-rate magazine.
- Get paid for a story.
- Get paid a professional rate for a story.
- Get paid royalties.
- Become a better self-editor.
- Finish a novella and submit it.
- Finish a full-length novel and submit it.
- Meet Neil Gaiman.
I can't think of anything I've forgotten.
