What about your word count?

What about your word count?

BLOG SESSION

April 10th, 2018

Welcome back Writers, Authors, Novelists, Memoirists, Poets, and all creative writers who are currently working on Writing Projects this month ~ For all new Followers and all Visitors, be sure to Bookmark this Blog by clicking on your bookmark or star symbol at the top of your pageview.  And be sure to sign up to "Follow by Email".  If you sign up over in the far right-hand column under my eyeball with your email address, be sure to also click the "Submit" button once you have entered your email address in full.  You will immediately receive each Blog Session as it is published.

Today's Session is about the word count of your novel and/or writing project for Camp NaNoWriMo this month.  For those of you who already have a word counter ~ great!  For those of you who are typing your Novel in Microsoft Word, you will find the word count by looking at the bottom of your document...

To View Your Word Count in Microsoft Word:

To see the word count in your document, look at the status bar at the bottom of the Word window.  Word can insert the word count into your document and update that information as often as you want.

Microsoft Word counts the number of words in a document while you type.  Word also counts pages, paragraphs, lines, and characters.  (2010, 2007)

(2016, 2013) Word Online

See the word count as you type. . .

Anytime you want to know the total number of words in your document, look at the status bar at the bottom of the Word window:

[As you can see from this example, this document is on page 3 of 6 and has a word count of 951 words.  You can see this information in the bottom status bar.]

Count the number of pages, characters, paragraphs, and lines:  To see the number of characters, lines, paragraphs, and other information, click the word count in the status bar to open the Word Count box.

To include non-body text in the word count, select the Include textboxes, footnotes and endnotes check box at the bottom of the Word Count box.

Count the number of words in a part of a document:  To count the number of words in only part of your document, select the text you want to count, and then on the Review tab, click Word Count.

See the word count as you type

Anytime you want to know the total number of words in your Word document, look at the status bar at the bottom of the Word window.

If you don't see the word count in the status bar, right-click the status bar, then and click Word Count.

Should you have any word count tips, apps to suggest or questions, please leave your tips, suggestions, comments, thoughts, and/questions in our "Comments Section" at the end of this Blog Session.

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

What is your current word count?

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

Camp NaNoWriMo ~ I started writing!

BLOG SESSION

April 4th, 2018

Good Afternoon Writers, Authors, Poets, Artists, Blog Readers, Followers, New Members to our Blog, and Visitors!

If you have just recently joined us this month to learn more about Camp NaNoWriMo ~ Welcome!  If you are a Writer, Author, emerging author, Poet, or interested in meeting other Writers and learning more about publishing your book, you are in the right place!

For those of you who are working on a writing project, or who have new book ideas that you'd like to get accomplished this year, the month of April is a good time to start working on what you'd like to see come to fruition.  Remember, Spring is the season when everything blooms and the air is fresh...and so is your mind!

"To be a good writer, an honest writer,

and a writer who actually writes,

it's important to reevaluate one's inhibitions."

~ Byran Hutchinson ~

From "Writer's Doubt" the book.

One thing about writing ~ You'll write your first Novel, and you'll wonder why you haven't written more.  You'll also find that writing is constantly on your mind.

Writing comes naturally to the destined Author!

Like those of you here who like to write poetry, you know how you sometimes grab a piece of paper to jot down the lines or thoughts that run through your mind during the day that make for a good poem?  It is the same for Writers, Authors and Novelists that love writing books.  It pays to also have a tape recorder or a smartphone that you can record your writing notes on.  Many a time you think you will not forget the thought that runs through your mind ~ and many a time you've been mistaken.  Be safe ~ write down your thoughts or record them for your next poem, book, play, song, film, documentary, speech, or any other literary work that you are working on.

Some of our friends here who have been following our Blog for a few years are already familiar with Camp NaNoWriMo ~ which is an offspring of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) ~ wherein Writers get together each year during the month of November and write a Novel or a Writing Project in 30 (thirty) days.  To learn more about the site where Writers get online to work on their Novels in 30 days, click on the NaNoWriMo link above.  If you have not yet participated during the month of November, now is a good time to sign up and review the Site for this year's November Writing frenzy online.

Review the Site and be ready when

November 2018 rolls around.

For those who have never written a Novel ~ a Novel constitutes about fifty-thousand (50,000) words or more.  If this seems like a lot to you, (if you have never written that many words before), it really isn't.  Once you do it the first time, it is a breeze to do so again, and again, and again!  You'll never know how it feels to write a Novel if you never try to write one of your own.

Books are exciting reads ~ especially when you are the Author.  

Fear not Author!

For today, just make sure that you sign up to participate in Camp NaNoWriMo, and fill out all of the necessary items that we discussed yesterday...

1)  Complete your Profile;

2)  Create your writing project (book title or project title);

3)  Select your Cabin preference;

4)  Review all the areas of the Site; and

5)  Don't forget to check your campnonowrimo mailbox once

      you've signed up!

If you've already starting writing and are working on your Novel or Writing Project ~ Good for you!  Be sure to set a daily goal of how many words you'd like to accomplish.  Check in with your Cabin mates if you are in a Cabin with others.  Also check out the Camp NaNo Forums by clicking on this link.

We'll be back here tomorrow with more information for you, so be sure to check in.  You can also sign up to follow our Blog by email (if you have not done so already), by looking over in the far right-hand column under my eyeball to enter in your email address then click the "Submit" button, and you will receive each of our Blog Sessions as soon as they are published.

Get excited Authors ~ this is going to be a lot of FUN!

Don't be scared ~ you can do it!

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

   

More about . . .Camp NaNoWriMo

TODAY'S BLOG SESSION

More about . . .

Camp NaNoWriMo

April 2nd, 2018

Good Afternoon Blog Readers, Writers, Followers & Visitors ~ This Session is for all of the Creative Writers, Authors, Novelists, emerging authors, poets, Memoirists, and individuals who are interested in working on their books for publication and/or your Writing Projects.  If you have been dreaming of writing your book, or if you are working on a new Writing Project, you are in the right spot!

Everyone who was here for our last Session was provided with the link to sign up for participation (for free) in CampNaNoWriMo.  Inside the Camp you will be able to set up your profile and list the information in association with the book or writing project that you plan to work on during the month of April.

Springtime is a good time to work on your book.  If you will, please grab your Journal to take a few notes on what you can expect while working on your book writing project in Camp . . .

JOURNAL NOTES

Once inside CampNaNoWriMo, you will first set up your Profile if you have not ever participated in Camp before.  If you have participated in National Novel Writing Month during November online, then you will already be able to sign in with the same Profile information that you use for NaNoWriMo.org.

First, you'll need to set up your Profile (under the tab MY CAMP NANO ~ Camper Info).  Your Camper Info will include your Author name, your Location, your Occupation, your Hobbies, your Favorite Books/Authors, your Favorite Noveling Music, your Favorite Camp Activity, your Website, and your Brief Bio.

If you have already decided on the name of your Novel, be sure to put that information in under the tab:  MY CAMP NANO ~ My Writing Projects.  You'll be able to add the title of your Novel, the Category that your Novel falls under (choices are Novel, Nonfiction, Poetry, Revision, Script, Short Stories, or Other).

Next, you'll need to insert your Goal information ~ i.e., 50,000 words (which is the length of a Novel).  You can have a goal of as many words as you like.  It can be more or less than 50,000 words.

You'll also need to decide on a Genre for your book.  The choices of Genres on the pull-down screen are:  Adventure, Children's Fiction, Erotic, Fanfiction, Fantasy, Historical, Horror/Supernatural, LGBT+, Literary, Mainstream, Mystery, Personal, Religious/Spiritual, Romance, Satire/Humor, Science Fiction, Thriller/Suspense, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, or Your Choice.

Then you can add your Synopsis.  And next an Excerpt.

You'll also need to input your Book Cover design file (Your cover will be resized and cropped to 230x300 pixels (portrait).  Maximum file size is 1 megabyte.

There is more to be done, and you can explore once inside the Site.  Getting acquainted with CampNaNo is not only exciting, it is also a lot of fun.  Working on writing your next new Novel is always exciting.  If this is your first time writing a Novel, it will be all the more interesting for you.  Be sure to come back here to gain more insight about CampNaNoWriMo!

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

More insight about CampNaNoWriMo!

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved