Intention vs. Goal: Why Mystics and Coaches Agree on This One Thing
A goal is a destination. An intention is how you want to travel. Both work better together than apart.
Performance coaches will tell you that outcome goals alone can be demotivating, because so much of the result is outside your control. Spiritual teachers have said something similar for a long time: set the intention, release the outcome.
Try writing both. Goal: finish the first draft by December. Intention: write from curiosity, not fear. When the goal slips, the intention is still there to come back to.