Inserting a literal text string within a function

This should be an easy function to write but I am plenty rusty and am missing something here:
I have a list of numbers which total 11 when all numbers are entered. I want to average the numbers once all values are entered - $E$21 will equal 11 when all values are entered ( I used: =COUNTIF(E10:E20,">0") That function works fine and keeps a running total of how many values have been entered and when all 11 are entered, it gives the average.
Here's the formula and of course it works, entering 0 until all 11 values are entered:
=-IF($E$21=11,AVERAGE(E9:E19),0)
But the secretary wants it to say "Calculating" instead of zero if all numbers are still being entered so I tried to enter the string "Calculating" in place of the zero for condition if false (that is: =-IF($E$21=11,AVERAGE(E9:E19),"Calculating") and the function fails. I thought I could do that but there is something I just don't know here. I apologize in advance since this is probably a simple gap in my understanding but can anyone help me with my formula. Thanks in advance

Maybe this is what you want?
E1=IF(COUNTA(A1:D1)>0, IF(COUNTA(A1:D1)<4, "Calculating",AVERAGE(A1:D1) ) ,"")
this is shorthand for... select cell E1, then type (or copy and paste from here) the formula:
"=IF(COUNTA(A1:D1)>0, IF(COUNTA(A1:D1)<4, "Calculating",AVERAGE(A1:D1) ) ,"")"

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Inserting a literal text string within a function

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