I write my books in Scrivener. I love Scrivener. I adore Scrivener. I want to marry Scrivener and have its babies. Too far?
My editor likes to receive my manuscript in Word so she can make comments and track changes. I get it. I export a Word doc from Scrivener and let her have at it.
But then, when I get it back, I need to work on the edits and resolve her comments/notes/etc in the Word doc so I can send it back to her with all the stuff tracked properly.
AUGGHHH. I hate doing this! My novel is currently 98K words and the Word file is so clunky and slow. It was so bad last time, I had her split the Word file in half to hopefully avoid the sluggishness.
Well, it isn't working. When I type in an edit, it takes forever for my words to show up. I'm a fast typist at 130wpm, so this is especially frustrating. My typing accuracy is normally really high, but the delay causes typos because if I pause, I don't know exactly where I am in the sentence, or if it's going to catch up properly. If I have to backspace and fix something, it's so delayed I end up deleting more than I intended or not enough. It's a nightmare.
I am on a MacBook Pro, running Mojave. I've just run/installed all my system updates. I have a Microsoft subscription, so my Word stays updated. It's Microsoft Word for Mac, version 16.24. Anyone have this problem?
Anyone have tips/solutions to try? This is my number one reason I've never understood why anyone would want to write a book in Word! I'm ready to tear my hair out!
Aside: I have tried doing the edits in Scrivener and then pasting them in, but it's a lot of back and forth and the whole thing is just filling me with rage.