The Writer's Table: How to Set Goals and Keep Them

The Writer's Table: How to Set Goals and Keep Them

Experience Level: Open to all

Stop abandoning your goals halfway through on Tuesday, March 10 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM at Prairie Fruits Farm Classroom.

Have you ever made a resolution to start something new but gotten discouraged and quit? The answer isn't to give up—it's to set goals strategically and use practical, actionable tactics to help you stay on task until you accomplish them. Award-winning author Ekta R. Garg shares the strategies that helped her publish three books in four years while balancing a full life.

FREE admission.

What You'll Learn

• How to set goals that actually work

• Practical tactics for staying on task

• Strategies for overcoming discouragement

• How to challenge yourself and succeed

• What to do when motivation fades

• Building sustainable habits and systems

• Learning from setbacks without quitting

Ekta will share her writing journey as a case study, showing how goal-setting principles apply to long-term creative and professional projects. These aren't abstract theories—they're tested approaches you can put into practice immediately.

If you will need disability-related accommodation to participate, please email office@prairiefruitsfarm.com or call (309) 204-5057.

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About Your Presenter

Ekta R. Garg is an award-winning author of The Truth About Elves and In the Heart of the Linden Wood, published by Atmosphere Press. A freelance editor with a Master of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University, Ekta is also a judge for the Florida Writers Association's Royal Palm Literary Awards and host of the Biblio Breakdown podcast.

Her disciplined approach to goal-setting has enabled her to publish three books in four years while maintaining her editing practice and other commitments. She brings this same practical, achievable mindset to helping others define and reach their goals.

What's Included: Practical goal-setting strategies, insights from Ekta's publishing journey, time for questions and discussion, light refreshments

Parking & Location

You can find general parking in the gravel lot. An ADA parking pad is available south of the Farm house. The classroom is located in the white building with the black trim west of the gardens. Check in at the Farm store in the front of the building.

Address: Prairie Fruits Farm Classroom, 4410 N Lincoln Ave, Champaign, IL

Part of The Writer's Table series supporting writers and creatives at all stages.