This week has been full of various projects. Sometimes I have to open 2 or 3 separate projects so that I can jump to one when I’m stuck or tired of the one I’m working on.
One of my goals this year was to finish my first ever book I started to write. My historical mystery/romance book. It is about 75% complete. So close to completion. I haven’t decided if I should publish on this pen name or a new one, but that’s future author problems.
When I clicked open my manuscript, it didn’t have the word count on the chapters anymore. Somehow it rest to default. I panicked a little trying to remember how to get it back. To my relief, I wrote everything down on a post-it pad. Though, where it ended up after that….anyone’s guess. After a fitful seven minutes, I found it. It was safely stuck to the side of my upper desk thing.
I know I have posted about how to do it before, I thought I would share it again. Word count is so important when writing. Having chapter word counts at a glance is wonderful! So below is my instructions, feel free to write them down too (or screenshot the sticky note – maybe I should do that too!)
I still find Scrivener the best resource when starting manuscripts. I’m editing in Word and I find it tedious with all the things wrong with Word. It’s probably why I pulled up a different project because I was annoyed with the program.
Final thoughts today – save your work. Never leave it up and walk away without clicking save (or making sure it auto saved).
May everything go your way today! ♥
