Month: October 2024

Setting up Storyist for NaNoWriMo

So you’ve downloaded Storyist for macOS, read the Users Guide, and spent time planning your novel. Great! Here are some additional suggestions to help you get the most out of Storyist during NaNoWriMo.

Enter Your NaNoWriMo Word Count Goals

Storyist for macOS can track your daily word count and progress towards the magic 50k word goal. To set this up:

  1. Open your project (or create a new novel project from the Novel template).
  2. Click the Goals button in the toolbar.
  3. Enter your word count goals in the Project Goal and Daily Goal fields.
  4. Select the text files you want to include in your NaNoWriMo word count. You can keep your manuscript in one file or spread it over multiple files. For now, just check the My Manuscript checkbox. You can add additional files later if you want.
  5. Click the Done button.
Storyist Goals Popup Window

You can now use the Goals button to check your progress in November. The Goals popover provides three ways to see your progress: the calendar, graph, and summary views.

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