While I love the productivity enabled by Google Docs--my writing available to me wherever I can get access to the internet--it does have its drawbacks. The format is basically like a papyrus scroll; it just keeps pushing the bottom of the page ever downward as you keep typing. As I've learned from times spent on literary magazine websites, its difficult to get a sense of the length of a story by quickly scrolling through it on the screen.
The results for tonight: what I thought was a mid-sized short story draft turned out to be 18 pages double spaced. Need to look at "Print Preview" more often.
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