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Writing goals

Bibliogon tracks your writing the way Scrivener does: a daily habit goal with a streak, plus word targets per chapter and per book. This page explains every goal type, where to set it, and how progress is shown while you write.

What it does

There are three independent goal types, and you can use any combination of them:

  • A daily goal with a consecutive-day streak, shown on the Dashboard. This is a habit tracker: "write N words every day".
  • A per-chapter word target, shown as a live progress bar in the editor while you write that chapter.
  • A per-book word target with an optional deadline, which tells you how many words per day you need to finish on time.

None of them are required. Set the ones that match how you work and ignore the rest.

Daily goal and streak (Dashboard)

The Dashboard shows a writing-goal widget with today's net words written, a progress bar, your daily goal, a streak counter, and a History button.

How to use it:

  1. Open the Dashboard (the book list, the first screen after start).
  2. Find the writing-goal widget near the top of the page.
  3. In the Daily goal input, type your target (for example 500) and click outside the field to save it.
  4. Write as usual. Every time you save a chapter, Bibliogon records the day's net word change and the widget adds it up.

Notes:

  • The daily goal is per device. It lives in your browser, so a different computer or browser has its own goal. The default is 500.
  • The streak counts consecutive days you reached the goal. Today counts as in progress, so an unfinished today will not break a streak that ran through yesterday.
  • The History button opens the full writing history page.

Per-chapter target

Give any single chapter its own word target so the editor can show your progress toward it.

How to set it:

  1. Open the book and switch to the Storyboard (the chapter-card view).
  2. On the chapter card, find the Word target field and type a number (for example 2000). Click outside the field to save.

You can also set and sort targets in the Outliner, the spreadsheet-style chapter view, which has a dedicated Target column.

While you write that chapter, the editor shows a progress bar under the word count. It fills toward the target and turns green once you reach it.

The per-chapter target is stored on the chapter in the database, so it syncs across devices and is included in backups. It is not a per-browser setting.

Per-book target and deadline

Set a target for the whole book and, optionally, a deadline.

How to set it:

  1. Open the book and go to its metadata.
  2. Open the Story tab.
  3. Fill in Word target (the total words you want the book to have).
  4. Optionally fill in Target deadline (a date).

When both fields are set, Bibliogon shows how many words per day you would need to reach the target by the deadline. If the deadline has already passed, it tells you that too.

Where to find it

  • Daily goal and streak: the writing-goal widget on the Dashboard.
  • Per-chapter target: the Word target field on each chapter card in the Storyboard, or the Target column in the Outliner.
  • Per-book target and deadline: the book metadata, Story tab.

Tips

  • Use the per-chapter target to keep chapters consistent in length, and the per-book target plus deadline to pace a whole project.
  • A modest daily goal you can actually hit every day builds a longer streak than an ambitious one you miss. Streaks reward consistency, not volume.
  • Only net words count. Deleting text on a heavy editing day can leave the day's total low even though you did real work. That is expected: the goal tracks growth.
  • The daily goal is per device, so set it again if you move to a new computer or browser.