The title of my first novel is long. So long, that at times I kick myself for using it. How many minutes of my life have I wasted typing out the entire thing? Why’d it have to be Mayhem at the Happy Valley Motor Inn and Resort? Why not Adventures with Paula? Or Goodbye Cal?
When typing on my phone, as I always do when writing blog posts, predictive text helps a lot. As I begin typing the title, the next words pop up on my screen—to a point. If I went totally with predictive text, the title would be Mayhem at the Happy Valley Page on the Page. Well, that doesn’t work.
Why doesn’t it go ahead and complete the title? After all, I’ve typed it hundreds of times in the past few years. This is a mystery that I feel no driving need to solve.
Predictive text can provide hours of silliness, too. On Facebook there are several “complete this phrase using predictive text” games.
Yes, I occasionally indulge in these activities. I’m not proud of it, but I’m hoping if I play my cards right my text will automatically type the entire title of my novel next time.
Peace and peace in east peace talks. Silly predictive text.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Predictive text is a nightmare xxxxxx
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It sure can be!
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The annoying thing for me is being unable to put my own words in WP dictionary. How about simply “Mayhem” with a full title intro to what ever you are writing?
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That might work!
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We still giggle at the the big sow in the kitchen. It was a big row…
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Ha!!!
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I usually just shorten the name of my novel from No Time for Kings to NTFK. So much easier to type that way! But I suppose MATHVMIAR is a bit more cumbersome…
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Ha!! It is. I usually reference the full title once, then use Mayhem from then on. Thank goodness The Cowboy and the Executive is half the length.
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For non-phone, create a quick macro!
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If I only knew how…
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Are you using Word?
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On my computer? Yes.
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From Word menu, select View > Macros. In the dropdown, select Record Macro.
In the Assign macro too area, select Keyboard (trust me).
With your cursor in the “Press new keyboard shortcut” bar, press a key combo that you like (such as CTRL+t).
Select close.
Type the text.
Select Macros and, from the dropdown, Stop Recording.
You’re done.
Enter your key combo and the text string should auto-type.
The macro will be available in all Word docs on that computer.
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Thank you!
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Any time!! I’m a near expert user on most Office apps.
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And I’m the exact opposite.
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And I’m no good at writing books. It all balances out!
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Well, how good I am at writing books is still up in the air. But thank you.
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No matter what, you’re better than me!
And you probably do things like housekeeping. I’m a mega-fail there!!
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Me, too! I’m good at laundry!
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I’m okay with laundry but rarely vacuum (literally once every 3mos, despite a billion cats) or was dishes. I don’t recall the last time I dusted.
I’m now in that state of knowing I need a housekeeper but being too embarrassed to let one in!!
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We have a housekeeper in every other week. I have to clean before she comes…
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I REFUSE to clean before routine housekeeper visits. But if any showed up now to bid, they’d prob tell me to F off!
I have neighbors who do industrial cleaning and routinely debate asking them to do the initial cleanup so I can hire a regular crew.
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It’s lovely to have someone clean my bathrooms.
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No matter how much anyone scrubs, my place will still be a dump. It was in bad shape when I bought it and has only gotten worse.
I had housekeepers when I moved in but got annoyed that they didn’t clean inside fridge after I asked and scrubbed all the dial indicators off the stove (looks like they used metal brillo pads).
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Oops!
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It is fun sometimes to see what it comes up with in those games, but the rest of the time I definitely feel like it’s working against me.
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Same here.
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I like big butts but none of them are in the middle of a conversation with you guys and then I will be able to get it to you too and I will be there at the same time I don’t……. Well am done with this predictive text now😂😂
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Oh, that’s the beginning of a novel! 😉
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