The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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This really isn’t a testimonial, more of a question that I cannot seem to find an answer to. I notice that some of the pages of writers stats have the weather at the time of writing. But I don’t see how that feature is turned on. Is it random or is there a way to include that on your stats page?

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I’m the world’s worst procrastinator and there is an evil demon in my head that likes to tell me I’m crap and can’t write anything that is any good, this site is helping me put fingers to keys every day and overcome the nasties! Thanks.

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Happy New Writing Year to Me!! I made my 1500-day streak a few days ago and today a new badge, 1 million words!! Exciting and love the badges and the streak alerts! Thanks for this encouraging site!!

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I have been calling myself a “writer” since I was 19. At some point out of high school, I had decided to commit to the idea, and also the pursuit of some career related to writing. I am 23 now. Over the span of this four years, I have gone from imposter to frequent writer to imposter to occasional writer to imposter to self-loather. Expectations, internal or external, can be crushing.

When it comes to writing, there’s only one idea that remains a north star in a desert of mirages. You have to write. Write, write, write – write all the time. Is it good? Who knows? Is it bad? Who cares! What’s important is you are writing. And whether you are doing it as a form of meditation or a purging of emotions or to improve, you are !@#$$%^ doing it.

Look, I have not been perfect on this site. Far from it. But this is an amazing platform to encourage that fearless consistent writing. One day turns into two and before you know it, you’ve got three months worth of essays, from how you managed to escape the office before your boss spoke to you about an internal theft in the company, to coping with the death of your father, to your impending divorce, to your plan to write a screenplay for a Pixar movie.

It’s quite magical, and God, you are doing it! High five!

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Let’s say I vent/plan about killing my jerk of a neighbor…you know…for plot development. Then some other neighbor beats me to it in exactly the same way…because…you know…karma.

So now it is up to this website to release the evidence. But if I were able to encrypt my text each day with my own password, this website can go right ahead and release the evidence.

Also, were there the remote possibility of a likelihood that if someone were to hack in and extract the data then inexplicably link my username to my real self…well…I would be slightly mortified.

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two things:
1. in dealing with sh*tty-acting people, it can be detrimental to just vent about it. some people have a tendency to death spiral, which might feel empowering in the short term, but i’ve found for myself just lends itself to dwelling and despair. so, i moved to taking a more journalistic eye and describing the situation in as objective and verifiable way as possible, and then moving on to an analysis and interpretation of the situations. for whatever reason the initial “objective” description was useful in being able to zoom out later and develop empathy + consider motivations for peoples’ sh*tty behavior instead of concentrating so much on offenses against me, which potentially weren’t allowing me to move on.
2. writing is fundamentally a craft, and so just getting into the practice of it regularly is incredibly useful in and of its own right in improving at it. (well, at least i hope i am improving.)

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I’ve made realisations, discovered parts of me that I thought were gone. This site puts you on a journey and I’m excited to see where I’ll end up.

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I’m especially interested in badges that reward different sorts of behavior, for example finishing 750 words even if it took a long time, or starting again after losing a streak. Thanks for everything you do! :)

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Hey guys, I really like the graphical analysis of the writing I do on this site. It is great to see how mindset is different, and what I seem to be concerned about, etc.. But I would love to see these trends represented graphically over any given time-period, a month, a year, etc…
How did mindset change over time? Where is the focus of the writing content, etc… I think you get what I am saying. There is a wealth of data you manage to represent graphically on a daily basis, and I would love to see this graphed (and exportable to other formats) for extended time periods.
What do you think? Possible to do this? In the works?
Thanks very much!
Ben

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Considering the fact that this website is focused on privacy, ensuring that the user’s writing cannot be sniffed upon is pretty important and should be given a high priority.

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Writing them each morning, I feel like I am home again. I think I might be a writer after all.

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I am very impress with the value I am getting out of this program. I have been writing and gaining the habit of writing. What makes it easy is you can just do it. What every kind of writing you want to do. It offers a great deal of freedom and builds routine.

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I happen to be Mexican, therefore speak spanish.

I wish my frequently used words would support spanish. All I see are “si”, “la”, “los”.

I need real words to make something about this.

Gracias

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I am so depressed.
I write 750 words.
I am not so depressed.
Today was not so bad after all.

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I really like using the site on my tablet, but I would love an app for Android that prompted me each day and urged me towards goals and streaks. This seems like it could be nicely integrated with coach.me or some other app as well.

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Badges are a source of motivation for some people. Maybe badges related to statistics in some way or badges about daily word counts instead of a streak. Badges are fun to try to collect but once you’ve got most of them and you’re just streaking towards a goal, it can work against you.

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I found this site while searching for a way to journal online for free. I have been having a very hard time in my life but recently my mother died and my life has forever changed. Since I was crying everyday, which I still do, and since my heart is broken, I thought it was time to write.

I did join 750 words and I have been very surprised at how much junk is inside my mind. Things that I would have never had imagined and it has helped me release enough that I was able to finally go to counseling. I released things that perhaps I would not feel comfortable telling anyone. Nothing bad or illegal but something I just don’t want to share with people.

Every day I hold myself accountable now for doing specific things. Writing my 750 words have been a big priority for me. Not so much to write but to commit to something and follow through. I am proud to say that 47 days in a room I have made writing part of my daily routine and I hope I never stop or miss a day. I am not doing it for any reward from anyone but myself. My reward was reading, after I completed the December challenge, the perks. I know it helps with a charity and geez, I read that and who could not be pleased about that? I am glad that something I NEEDED to do for myself has also helped others.

I hope to earn many more cups and I hope I can share things that will help others. Peace Out !

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It’s good for pushing through writer’s block… to get to 750 words, you have to put words on the page.

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Freewriting on 750 words gets me ‘unstuck’.

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I have been using 750words.com for about 8 months now on and off, but this is my first note. Just wanted to write because it’s really helping me alongside Dry January – two challenges for me this month! I’ve been a heavy drinker for a long time now, so this site allows me to distract myself from that at times, and gives me an extra, positive outlet to replace negative ones (of which alcohol is my focus this month).

If anyone else has a drinking problem and is using this site to help with that, I’d love to hear from you. Cheers all and happy writing!