The Good Patrons of 750 Words

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Thank you very much for 750 words! I’ve been writing using the site off and on periodically for a few years and have recently surpassed 100,000 words (for whatever that is worth).

I have used this site in a variety of ways.

• It has functioned for me as a way to journal and dump a lot of material from my mind which is clogging me up emotionally.

• I’ve used it to explore private thoughts of an imaginative, fictional nature which I’ve been collecting together with the notion of publishing an ebook.

• I’ve been using it as a way to compose emails when I have something substantive to say. I enjoy getting the feedback from the analysis of my language afterward. While it seems like a small thing, it is a motivator and it gives me something to share with others to let them know (via social media) that I’m indeed writing without revealing its entire contents.

• The deadline of getting the writing done by a certain time (midnight) has definitely been a positive motivator and has caused me to see just how fast I can possibly write. I’ve found that I’ve been able to write 750 words in less than 20 minutes. (Is there a way for me to compare my fastest speed with other people’s speed?)

• I’ve used 750 words to develop and work on my non-fiction writing. I’m working to complete a monograph of a local architect and this has been a good way to help keep me on track.

• The very hardest thing of all for me is GETTING STARTED WRITING. Once I’m writing, there’s almost no end to how far I can go. Usually my fingers and wrist will start to hurt. It makes me pay much greater attention to whether or not my finger nails clipped.

• A possible suggestion: Would it be feasible to allow each user to set their own time for the deadline to complete the writing for the day? Perhaps this would be a feature that would be available for supporting patrons or people who have otherwise earned that feature. Incentives like that might help to encourage more people to support the site.