Currently the Session Targets page shows the word count for an entire day. This is very helpful but to improve our writing output, more data is needed.
Instead of grouping a days output under a single value, I’d suggest something more detailed, a listing for every session by date, start time, end time, total time working on project, total words added, and file(s) modified. This data should be stored in a table and available to the writer as a scrolling list for review and analysis. Bonus points if it can be exported as a cvs file for importing in a spreadsheet program.
A writer can use that data to determine what days and times they are most productive and which ones aren’t. It’s a tool to help us improve. Or, as Rachel says:
I think it would be a helpful tool for every writer. I know I would use it.
10,000 words a day. The quote you gave is comic. The opening sentence of her book is riddled with errors and poorly constructed. We all make mistakes, but multiple errors in the opening sentence of a book…
Anyone can churn out 50,000 words a day if they use voice recognition and are happy with semi-literate waffle.
I’d rather see a writer produce 10 perfectly constructed words than 10,000 words of verbiage.
If you’re keen on recording your daily output, this gizmo for your menu-bar will do the job - tallying not just your Scrivener wordage, but also that in other applications. Christian Tietze has recently added a “history” report to it. The application will also give you some idea of when in the day you’re at your most productive, word-count-wise.
No, sorry. It’s seven or eight years since I last used Windows for intensive writing. But I would be very surprised if there wasn’t something that would fit the bill.
