So I am using Scrivener to rewrite my novel, and I currently use folders to divide what chapters are rewritten and which are not, so I can track my WC in the rewrite.
My problem is, the WC that shows on the bar on the bottom is not the same as the total WC it shows when I scroll over the bar.
Is it not counting my chapter headlines or something? I’m really confused as to why there’s a 5k word difference between the two.
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I would do three things.
- Look at scriv. Statistics and then the option pane to see what is included / excluded. Are you counting subdocuments in the word count?
- Now look at compile status in your draft folder and select all your document and make sure the compile status is uniform.
- Now do the word count for one chapter and see if total of individual documents are the same.
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