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August Writing Goals

Hello August! We're hoping this month provides us with much inspiration and many hours of writing time.


Our writing goals in July had to take a backseat to our personal and professional lives. We didn't get around to running those word sprints, but we'll aim to do them in NaNo November. Neither of us met our goals for Camp NaNo. Jessica actually lowered her word count goal during the month when she realized she was deleting more words than what she had added in.

For August, we've set some new, more realistic goals based on our time constraints.

MEGAN’S AUGUST WRITING GOALS
  • Write some blog posts
  • Rework my daily schedule to include designated writing time now that there's a new full-time job in the picture
  • Finish a short story and submit it for publication somewhere
  • Finish new outline for Earhart & Noonan's Last Grand Adventure

JESSICA’S AUGUST WRITING GOALS
  • Write some blog posts
  • Finish editing and rewrites on this draft version of Murder on the Flying Scotsman (Maybe this month I'll finally finish it.)

What are your writing goals this August? Do you set new goals for yourself each month? Let us know by commenting below and make sure to subscribe so you can get the latest posts.


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