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You can try my old buddy Scrivener. I don't use even a quarter of the bells and whistles I know are there, so hunt around the documentation and see if it's useful. I know it at least has a Goal fun...
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You can try my old buddy [Scrivener.](http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php) I don't use even a quarter of the bells and whistles I know are there, so hunt around the documentation and see if it's useful. I know it at least has a Goal function so you can set a word count goal to meet, and keeps track in the footer. Inexpensive program, you own it rather than rent it (I'm looking at _you_, Adobe), and the trial is fully powered for the trial period rather than being crippled.