Can Google Docs Handle Novels Now?

[Bruce McKnight]

Ok, so I've always wanted to write on Google Docs because I love writing on my Asus C100 (best machine ever), but I couldn't because it was so painfully slow to write novel-length on there and my brain is not advanced enough to split my story up into multiple files.

It looks like Google just did a big docs upgrade. There was nothing specific about handling longer docs in the any of the updates I've seen (it was more for collaboration and business uses), but I poked around a bit and it looks like it got better.

Has it?

If you write on Google Docs regularly, have you noticed a difference in response time on longer docs?

 

[Saigonnus]

Nah. I don't use it for my writing. I just keep a backup of my files on an SD card or flash drive.

I sometimes use it for work, but the docs are never that long for me to tell the difference one way or another

 

[Queshire]

I use Google Docs, but I've never managed to actually write anything that was longer than ten pages. Even that was a bit annoying to load. I could see it working well enough if you split it up by scene, but...

 

[Gryphos]

I use Google Docs for pretty much everything, but I split novels into separate documents for each chapter, which works fine for me. But for me at least, huge documents like entire novels are somewhat annoying to load.

 

[Rkcapps]

Sorry, I use Scrivener. Couldn't use anything else, it's so good.