The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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Paying my Wall of Shame Debt! I love this site and keep coming back. One of these months (This Month!) I’m going to make it.

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I started out rather slowly, but soon picked up speed. I played around writing this and that, doing streaks of writing for a few days, or only one or two, then waiting between. Meanwhile, I was impressed enough with the site to recommend it to my writers’ critique group. And to my writing students. And to people I would meet at writers’ group meetings, whether small and local or state-wide. I am now working on a streak of WELL over 500 days: in other words, I haven’t missed a day for over a year-and-a-half. For which, I must thank Buster and Kellianne. I’ll let you know when I hit 1,000,000 words - and it won’t be long now! Thank you,, thank you, thank you, B & K ! ! !

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As writers we are encouraged to use ALL 5 of the senses, yet the stats page only shows 3. If you could find/invent a logarithm (or however that has to work), I’m sure more serious writers than myself would welcome the help . . . and dabblers may get a kick out of it too. What am I leaving out or skimping on? I’d love the analysis to show me sight, touch, hearing, taste, smell. Especially the latter, as it is SO evocative of a time and/or place.

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I have been writing Morning Pages since I discovered The Artist’s Way more than a decade ago. Before then (in my emo days of high school) I kept a journal, but did not write consistently. Morning Pages have helped me immensely. Even after periods of not doing them, there is a reason I kept coming back. They help clear the clutter in the brain. They are the fastest way I have found to get to the root of any problem, to identify how you really feel about something. They are better than therapy.
I had always written them in composition notebooks. I currently have a stack of a couple dozen that I am not sure what to do with (open to suggestions here.) When I found 750 Words I was looking for a way to track my fiction writing similar to NaNoWriMo. I was not looking to move Morning Pages to a new format. But I was charmed by the site and decided to give it s whirl, convinced that I would not like doing Morning Pages electronically. I was hooked after I got my second badge. And I haven’t missed a day since. Having the data and checkboxes add a visual aspect to keeping on track that I didn’t know I was missing. It has been a wonderful experience and I am delighted that so many other people seem to be finding 750 Words just as useful.
Give it a go. You have nothing to lose by trying it on. If it doesn’t fit, try something else.

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I would like to be able to edit the Metadata. I love the feature because it helps me look back to see which project I worked on that day. But I made some spelling errors (wather for weather for example) and have some data I no longer need to track. Is there way to adjust this…and if not…can we add that?

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I found this site last month. Its been the best thing ever! I’ve been trying to develop the daily writing habit for years with no success. I tried many things: self discipline, buying books on writing and following their instruction, and many more. Nothing worked. Then I found this site… BANG!! Its happening. I absolutely love my writing space here.
And today is the first day of the August writing challenge. Decided to dedicate this months writing time to my mother. This is her birthday month but she died last year. I want to write about her during my August challenge. When that’s done, I will print, edit, bind, add some photos and give a copy of my ‘Mother Book’ to my siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles. So excited.
Buster and Kellianne, both of you are two amazing people to have created this incredible tool of 750 Words. Thank you so much.

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I was startled to realize last night that I’m coming up on the one year anniversary of my 750 words habit. Although I’ve hit some lengthy streaks, I struggle with keeping them going; this month I’ve had a succession of four and five day runs and then breaks. For a while this discouraged me—I wanted so much to rack up those badges for unbroken streaks, and every time I’d miss a day I’d feel frustrated at having to start over again. But what I’ve realized over this past month is that what’s important to me personally about 750 words is NOT the unbroken string – it’s the going back to it after I’ve missed a day. It’s the not giving up because I’m less than perfect that builds the life practice. So thanks, Buster and Kellianne. Even though the last year hasn’t been a 365 day streak, I’ve still accumulated over 300,000 words. And that’s really satisfying :-)

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Ugh, I know it’s not the point of keeping a streak. I know this. And I’ve had over 300 day streaks that I’ve lost and had to deal with that I felt. And after a couple of lost streaks I’m getting better at accepting this inevitability. With that being said…
Is there anyway of maybe getting a streak saver? Like on Duolingo? That way if you miss one day you can maybe save the streak? I don’t know. It’s just a thought…

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I want a wall full of badges. And then scroll down and see more. How cool would that be?

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The little word count at the bottom of the page, it keeps scrolling away over the fold. Could it please be made so that it stays at the bottom of the browser window?

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The internet is full of so many things, good and bad, banal or terrifying. This site is different, this site is remarkable. Of the many addictions I have had over the years (some useful, others not so much) this is without doubt the absolute best of them. Not only do I come to 750 Words and write them every day with joy, even when it’s hard, but the amount of time I spend writing elsewhere has increased massively. My creative output has never been higher nor my mood so consistently positive. Tomorrow (barring some great unforeseeable event) I will come back and write at least seven hundred and fifty words for the fiftieth day in a row since I began. Badges are sweet but I won’t need one tomorrow to make that feel any better than it already does.
Thank you, Buster and Kellianne, you created something unique, inspirational and wholly good and you put it out into the world for anyone to share. You are seriously cool people – as are all the other writers that come here and do what they do. Spread the word, this place is a gift we can all share with everyone who for whatever reason wants or needs to write.

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I agonize over work and money and life in general. I like to imagine certain things happening, but find that when I focus too narrowly on a goal, the path to it becomes so narrow and uncomfortable that I lose things along the way. So instead of bottling up all the anxiety and compulsive planning, I let it out here. Where no one will ever know about it. Except you, since I just told you all. Whatever. Point is, it’s good for my brain!

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I have been doing Morning Pages on and off for over 15 years after reading The Artist’s Way. However, my discovery of 750words has revolutionized my morning writing. It gets me to my keyboard and taps into my creative juices before the practicalities of the day threaten to distract me. My fear of someone else reading my ramblings is gone so I’m freer to truly write whatever I’m thinking…to follow my muse. And who doesn’t love the badges? It reminds me of Girl Scouts. I was an over-achiever and had to get them ALL!! Even though the daily writing practice alone should be my reward, I admit I’m motivated by earning new badges. Thanks Buster and Kellianne for making Morning Pages so much fun!

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I’m going through a significant life change or transition. Writing it out whilst walking through the valley of shit is keeping me going.

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Thank you for this wonderful site. I’ve written in notebooks and on computers, but the way you’ve organized your site makes it so easy and encouraging to keep at it. It just works, you’ve nailed it :)

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I’ve been having a very difficult time at work for the past 3 years and it is not likely to go away. A lot of my colleagues are in similar back-wall-situation which really messes up your head. There are reason why I don’t quit. I do 750Words first thing in the morning. In fact to keep the effort disciplined I make myself write exactly 1000 words per day. I feel like I achieve something very meaningful for the day that keeps my head above the unpleasant circumstances. Thank you…

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I am doing a NaNo (50k) a month, now. It’s great stuff, I never thought I’d get this far! Even if almost all my entries say “Feeling mostly UPSET” “Concerned with DEATH” (This is what I get from writing superhero/urban fantasy epics. Ain’t no one happy.)

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I followed the Artist’s Way and journaled with pen and paper when I was younger. Life and military deployments got in the way and my writing became olive drab. The 750 word site has reinvigorated my personal writing, helped me deal with PTSD, and improved the characteristics of my professional writing. The meta-tag tracking feature has helped with all of that. Whatever your writing needs, spilling 750 words onto the page each day can only help. Keep writing!

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I’d love for the site to email me around 10 pm local time if I have NOT hit my word count for the day, just to let me know that and remind me to write. There have been days where I thought I had written my words, and I either hadn’t finished (and forgot to go back and wrap up) or just plum forgot that I hadn’t actually written that day, and this feature would help.

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I discovered 750words.com a couple of weeks ago, and love it. I’ve tried writing daily in other places – both in physical notebooks, word processors, Evernote etc but for some reason, this site makes it easy. I love the large uncluttered screen for writing, and I particularly like the analytics and badges to provide that extra bit of competition with myself. The writer’s challenge idea is great too – nothing like a public commitment to get you writing daily. Great job on the site!

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the daily stats that helps to figure out what I am writing everyday, especially the visulization stuff. pretty cool

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I have been writing my 750words.com each morning before yoga. I often times want to start as I’m lying in bed (via my iPhone). Since there is no app, this is not the easiest choice on early-morning eyes. An App would also be great for phone notifications, and prompt me to write more than 750 adding to my morning entries.

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In the past four years, I’ve had stretches of hundreds of days of completing my 750 words, as well as stretches of hundreds of days of not writing anything. I can tell you for certain that on those writing streaks, I can definitely tell the positive difference in my mood and mindset when I just write and let all my thoughts go. I will always be grateful for having a wonderful place to do so.

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Thank you to the team behind 750 words. I am really inspired. It keeps me going day after day. I just want to see a separate home page, so that as soon as we sign in, we are not taken to the writing page. I feel it should open as Home Page with an intro. Thanks!