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Sum up the career plan as if to an outsider who knows nothing about you. Try to make it as brief and clear as possible. The tone should be persuasive, telling us why this is going to work. In no event should the Plan Summary be longer than a page. It can be as simple as a sentence.

You can make it impersonal by using the third person such as "The Artist intends to . . ." Or, you can make it more personal as we’ve done in the example below:

"I’m a visual artist working in two mediums: oil paint and metal. It’s my intent to raise enough money over the next six months to cast three ten foot bronze sculptures. During the subsequent four months, I plan to work on the sculptures which will be part of a solo exhibition of 10 paintings, seven of which I will be painting this year."

It doesn’t matter that you’ve never had an art show before, or that you have no idea how you’ll raise the money. That’s what the rest of the plan is for, to find the means to accomplish the goals.

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