[This will probably not be of any interest to anyone who doesn't use Scrivener]
There are a multitude of enhancements that Scrivener gives over a simple word processor, but I find that since 2012 I've not used them often (the thought of using its name generator gives me cold sweats). Normally I use the ones that check project goals, project statistics, text-as-compiled (which compiles all the documents you have checked as final drafts or 'include in compile' and gives a specific word count) and the spellcheck is far less infuriating than Word's. And whilst I think of it, the word count is exact, taking smart appraoches to numbers, elipses, hyphenated words so well that I've not in 8 years gone beyon the word limit in a Challenge here
But I recently saw on the Literature and Latte Twitter feed that they have a Writing History facility where it tells you how much you wrote per day/per month. It's a great motivator if you work well by write-shaming I've been struggling since March with the part of my book set in the present day. As the WIP is now on its fourth rewrite (nb, not edit, but rewrite) I have 3 prior versions, all with bits and pieces that I want to keep. The thing is, they introduce logic or chronological anachronisms and problems, so I've had to rejig them, rewrite scenes, edit, and so on. As I've been working on a part in the novel that happens over 2 days SINCE MARCH, I thought I'd try this new feature.
Below are the screenshots. (Note that the days of the month box is on a slider which you can't really show on a still photo, so it just has the end of the month days).
And:
Terrifying lack of productivity!
pH
There are a multitude of enhancements that Scrivener gives over a simple word processor, but I find that since 2012 I've not used them often (the thought of using its name generator gives me cold sweats). Normally I use the ones that check project goals, project statistics, text-as-compiled (which compiles all the documents you have checked as final drafts or 'include in compile' and gives a specific word count) and the spellcheck is far less infuriating than Word's. And whilst I think of it, the word count is exact, taking smart appraoches to numbers, elipses, hyphenated words so well that I've not in 8 years gone beyon the word limit in a Challenge here
But I recently saw on the Literature and Latte Twitter feed that they have a Writing History facility where it tells you how much you wrote per day/per month. It's a great motivator if you work well by write-shaming
I've been struggling since March with the part of my book set in the present day. As the WIP is now on its fourth rewrite (nb, not edit, but rewrite) I have 3 prior versions, all with bits and pieces that I want to keep. The thing is, they introduce logic or chronological anachronisms and problems, so I've had to rejig them, rewrite scenes, edit, and so on. As I've been working on a part in the novel that happens over 2 days SINCE MARCH, I thought I'd try this new feature.Below are the screenshots. (Note that the days of the month box is on a slider which you can't really show on a still photo, so it just has the end of the month days).
And:
Terrifying lack of productivity!
pH
