Reverie tracks your writing so you don’t have to. Progress is something you feel in the warmth of the page more than something you read off a counter.
Opening Goals
Open Goals with ⌘T, or from the Manuscript menu. It appears in the sidebar beside your draft and shows you, at a glance:
- words written this session, and how long you’ve been writing
- progress toward your daily goal
- the current document word count
- the whole manuscript word count
- your current streak
Setting your targets
From the same place you can set:
- a daily word goal, how much you want to write each day
- a manuscript word target, the length you’re aiming the whole thing at
- a deadline, the date you’re writing toward
These belong to the manuscript, so they follow your whole draft rather than any single file.
Streaks
Your streak is the number of consecutive days you’ve hit your daily goal, and it carries across sessions. Reverie won’t flash a number at you while you’re writing, since a running counter is exactly the kind of thing that pulls you out of flow. A streak you’re keeping shows up instead as a little extra warmth on the page when you sit down. Progress is felt, not tallied.
Milestones
As you pass word counts and stretches of focused time, Reverie marks them with small, fleeting celebrations that stay below conscious attention. There’s no popup to dismiss. They’re there to give the work a sense of momentum.
Everything here is stored locally on your machine. None of it leaves your computer.