Try to stay under the triple digits if you can (this is sooo hard for me!). Anything lower and your book might be considered too thin and in the “novella” range, and anything higher could probably do with a good edit. A good number to aim for with an adult, general fiction novel would be around 80-100K words. In order to change your Manuscript Target, simply click on the default 0 and enter in the number that you wish you reach with your manuscript. (Note: This is different from the document goal I mentioned earlier.) Obviously, the manuscript goal refers to your overall project goal, while your session goal would be how many words you want to write that day.
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Below, I’ll tell you how to adjust both these goals and explain what they are if the names don’t already tip you off! Manuscript goal One is an overall “Manuscript goal,” while the second is the “Session goal.”ĭefault goals are 0 for both Manuscript Target and Session Target. Once you pull up the project goal, you are given two goals there as well. This is located under the “Project” file menu, then “project target” or by use of the Shift-Command-T keyboard shortcut. In order to edit your project goal, you must first open your “project target” menu. Epic Fantasy, well…you’re probably way over that. If you’re attempting a full-length novel, then perhaps 80-100K. So if you’re writing a novella, or maybe you’re just working on NaNoWriMo and you have a 50K goal, that might be 50K words. There are three types of goal setting in Scrivener:Ī project goal would be your overall word count goal for your entire novel.
Goals are a highly useful tool, especially during those NaNo days when your daily goal remains more or less unchanged at 1667 words a day. Did you know that you can create three different types of goals in Scrivener?
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