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Word Count Tool

Well, according to Word's word count, I'm behind by like 200-300 words, but I found this Word Count Tool online and when I used that, it added about 1500 words to my word count. O.O I just wanted to ask if anyone else has found this/used it and knows if it's relatively accurate compared to the official verification on the official website. Because you know... if I really *am* up 1500 words... *happy dance*
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[identity profile] kittydesade.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Going by what it says I have on Nano and what the Nano website says I have on Nano, it's about the same. I think. Good luck! Keep writing!

[identity profile] xsilentserenity.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
ohh that's great then! so i'm not behind, after all! *heaves sigh of relief* Thank you!
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[personal profile] fangirlism 2011-11-27 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
The site validator will typically give you more words than Word does, but not nearly that many (I only gained 41 when I verified), so I would keep going.

[identity profile] xsilentserenity.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
of course, i'm writing my ass off XD (hi linear! i'm seria, not sure if you remember me) XD
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[personal profile] fangirlism 2011-11-28 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
OMG HIIIIIIIIIIII! :D

[identity profile] xsilentserenity.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
YUP AND I WON! YESTERDAY! :D

[identity profile] annikun.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I personally keep checking the word counts my writing program (yWriter in this case) gives me against the official NaNo validator as the month passes, just to be sure of where my word count is :) different word count apps and programs can use really different criteria, as you probably noticed, so it's better to keep checking and not get any nasty surprises on the 30th!

[identity profile] xsilentserenity.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, i'm working my ass off right now so that I can make it to about 52000 so that even if my word count decreases drastically, i'll still be over 50k!

[identity profile] safaiagem.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
google docs gives me an extra 200 words so I always have to make sure I'm ahead. It's typical but the site is the only one that matters in the end.
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[identity profile] xsilentserenity.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah...i'll write some extra to be safe!

[identity profile] safaiagem.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd validate now and see how you're doing just to be safe. Never know! When I'm in openoffice it shows that I have 700 more words than the site gives me :/

[identity profile] xsilentserenity.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
that's... a good idea. i think i'll do that LOL

[identity profile] safaiagem.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I validate through nano all month when I almost didn't win one year because it was so off

[identity profile] xsilentserenity.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
wow, thanks for the advice then! i'll make sure to validate!

[identity profile] mycha-miska.livejournal.com 2011-11-28 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Because of this post, I actually tried using the Word Count Tool for my novel. I'm writing in LibreOffice and found that Word Count Tool showed that I was almost 9k words LESS than LibreOffice shows. Trying it at NaNo had the word count the same as LibreOffice.

In short, I would definitely make sure to validate.

[identity profile] xsilentserenity.livejournal.com 2011-11-28 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
*sighs*wow that really makes a difference. I guess validating every so often really *is* the best solution.

Thanks for the advice!
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