July Writing Goals

June has come and gone so fast. Now it’s time for Camp NaNo July 2018. We are super excited to begin and are both hoping to reach our individual writing goals by the end of the month.

During Camp NaNo, we are both working on projects we started during NaNoWriMo 2017, which is where we met. Camp NaNo is the perfect time to work on an already existing project. That's what we'll be doing this month and we encourage you to also work on a WIP (Work in Progress) this month.

MEGAN’S JULY WRITING GOALS

Camp NaNo Goal:

Project: Earhart & Noonan's Last Grand Adventure
Word Count Goal: 45,000
Current Word Count: 23,353

JESSICA’S JULY WRITING GOALS

Camp NaNo Goal:

Project: Murder on the Flying Scotsman
Word Count Goal: 60,000
Current Word Count: 50, 012

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