check in day 10

[lilly_c]

Sorry I missed yesterday's post, I didn't get home from work until really late. How is the writing going today?

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Today I

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wrote
4 (80.0%)

edited
0 (0.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

planned
3 (60.0%)

had a cheeky break
0 (0.0%)

dealt with life
0 (0.0%)

My progress is

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Mean: 6.80 Median: 7 Std. Dev 1.17

ugh 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		1 (20.0%)
6		1 (20.0%)
7		1 (20.0%)
8		2 (40.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
brilliant 10		0 (0.0%)

Discussion: resources. Do you have favourite programs for writing? Websites? Assistive technology?

I mainly use LibreOffice for writing because it's compatible with TextHelp and is also very easy to customise the background colour and fonts as well as the page zoom. I also use TheSage dictionary that sits idling in the taskbar until it's needed. As well as TextHelp I also have and use EduApps which I got the second time I went to university and that one is free.

I don't use a lot of writing websites as I often have other things to attend to when I'm online but I know that some of you do and find them useful. The one I use quite a lot has a handy word count tracker which is good for high word count, long term projects. It can be customised by changing the colour bar and of course inputting your own word counts.

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[lilly_c]

I'm hoping to get some writing done later today, I have a little longer to go at work and will be getting something, anything worked on when I get home

GCU has a list of assitive tech.

[linaewen]

I'm going to work on something shortly, while I have some free time before the day gets going.

My favorite writing resource is Jarte -- I love being being able to use tabs to have several documents open at the same time, and it has a built in word count tracker. It also gives me the ability to change the background color to something more restful for my eyes. In addition to Jarte, I also sometimes use Q10 -- a program that is for straight typing without distractions. Both of these programs are portable on my flash drive.

The website I use a lot is Thesaurus.com and the Online Etymology Dictionary. I also frequently check online wikis and reference sites that are tied to my fandoms.

[lilly_c]

I've used Jarte before and I liked that I could change the background colour, having seperate tabs for each file was alos useful. Q10 looks like it could be useful, I'll have a look at that another time.

The Etymology Dictionary looks good, I've not seen that site before.

[graychalk]

Oh goodie, I've been wondering about where to grab a decent counter, thanks! I'm a little confused about how one would go about updating the word count though. Go back to the site and generate a new one, then paste the counter code back in again? The code looks like straight-up HTML, and I could probably change the word count... but how does the bar work? Sorry if I'm having a dumb moment...

[lilly_c]

The word count has to be updated manually, that's the only downside to it, so yeah you have to go back and make a new one each time. If it helps, I have this post with the bar. When I use it I tend to just put in the new numbers and then edit the post by pasting the new code over the old.

[graychalk]

Ah okay, got it, thanks. :) And good to know that it works in a journal entry as well - I was wondering about that.

[lilly_c]

Yay. I wasn't sure if I'd explained it well enough :) That's why I like it because I can post it in a journal entry.