If anyone can think of a way to rapidly count words when they're written as small as I write, I'm all ears. As it is, I've taken to writing the wordcount at the bottom of the page and then the ongoing total on the top of the page, that way if I ever lose track, I have some idea of where I'm at just by glancing at the top and if I'm ever unsure on where I am, there's a spare count going on as well as the (Very) busy excel spreadsheet keeping track of everything I'm writing.
Following is an example from the history/background of Roaring Yorkshire (I know it says Rolling, working title...), a steampunk adventure set in the 1920's in a world where the British Empire had not faded into obscurity, as you can see, there's a lot of words to count on every day, and it's not easy at that sort of size, because your eyes are all over the place by halfway down the page.
Still, at least there's words...
This is John Dodd in the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire and Goodnight England, Wherever you are...
