Writing goals not working

[Tonymac]

Hi all

I'm brand new to Storyist and absolutely loving it. I'm a professional writer from the UK, and I've always just bashed stuff out in Word. However I thought I'd try something different for my new project - a children's adventure story for Puffin. As I say, I'm finding it all revelatory, although I've only just dipped my toe into the deep waters of Storyist. My problem is that I can't get the Project/Session goals to fire properly. I imported several chapters from Word, and set my session and project goals, but it won't show my new word counts as i work, although the timers count down. I've tried it on a new project, and it works fine - but not on the one I've imported. Am I missing something? My apologies if I've posted this in the wrong bit of the forum, or if I've asked something that's already been answered.

Thanks

Anthony McGowan

[Steve]

Hi Anthony,

 

Welcome to the forums.

 

Hi all

My problem is that I can't get the Project/Session goals to fire properly. I imported several chapters from Word, and set my session and project goals, but it won't show my new word counts as i work, although the timers count down. I've tried it on a new project, and it works fine - but not on the one I've imported. Am I missing something?

 

The goal tracker tracks one manuscript at a time, usually the first manuscript in the project view. To track another manuscript instead:

 

1) Click on the manuscript in the Project view. (Let's say it is called "My Other Manuscript").

2) Choose Project > Edit "My Other Manuscript" Preferences.

3) Click the Use This File button In the goal tracking section.

 

-Steve

[Tonymac]

Steve - thanks so much - solved the problem!

As I' said, really love Storyist, but progress tracking looks like the one area that Storymill has a slight advantage - that blue progress bar is quite a nice touch. But everything else about Storyist is just so sweet.

Best

Tony