The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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I don’t have the occasion to sit in front of my laptop for a long time every day but I do use my phone throughout the day for professionnal reasons. I have 3h of transports from home to work everyday and I get most of my wriing ideas at these moments. I Windows Phone App would be great since the mobile browsers don’t always save everything I write.

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750 Words have helped me by clearing out all the gunk in my mind that needs an escape. I often find myself asking myself “What am I going to write about? I have NOTHING to write about!” Currently unemployed, living alone, the only place I go during the week is dialysis, I miss having “a life”, it’s hard writing about life when I am full of negativity, but I get it out, and then some. Often times the anger shows itself so easily and readily when I write, but I do write, and it comes forward, and I get it out. For this I am very thankful!

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Fun interface and great community for keeping me motivated. Next book will happen, thanks in part to 750words.

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Though it has been difficult and has required more discipline than I am usually wont to exhibit, I have been amazed at my ability continue this process. Not only has my writing improved, but I have successfully laid down several vignettes that may eventually become story-lines, secure in the knowledge that no one will judge it before it is polished and ready for display. I confess that though this has been high in the list of priorities of my day, I occasionally miss a one, and consequently will most likely never be a high scorer or badge winner. However, though badges and points are nice, they are not important. Writing is important. And if one wishes to be a writer, in order to become better,the skills must be practiced. After all, who doesn’t want to be come a better writer, and there is no better place to practice than on 750words.com. Thank you, Buster, for all your hard work.

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I do most everything via my iPad… everything except 750 that is. The few times I’ve tried doing a mobile post to the site, it doesn’t save all of my words. An app would be an ideal fix for this.

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It would be good if there was a way for writers to set when their own days begin and end. Right now, we’re having to change time zones and such, but that isn’t always a good fit.

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This site is wonderful, but the one thing that irks me is how difficult it is to find things I have written in the past. On each day, we should be able to title it and then when we scroll over the days, instead of just showing the date and number of words, it will also show the title. This would be an incredibly easy way to keep track of our writing!

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This is not the first time I’ve attempted morning pages. But this is the first time I’ve successfully written them consistently, for over a year, and am still going.

During the time I’ve seen my writing learn to flow more freely. I’ve learned – am learning – how to not edit, but to just write. I’ve seen the distance between my thoughts and “paper” diminish; it’s not quite gone, but it’s getting close.

Thank you for the site.

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I enjoy using this site to analyze my thoughts but the emotions and concerns stats could use some improvements

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I recently looked back at my first scrawlings on this great site from August of 2011. It was enlightening to see which ideas I’ve dropped and which ones I’ve held onto. I’d encourage anyone to use 750 Words as a reliable journal and time capsule, and, of course, for NaNo training. Cheers, Caroline

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“I seek what I am, to be what I am. I usually have a habit of thinking of ‘body,’ on the one hand, and of ‘energy’ on the other. But nothing exists separately. There is a unity of life. I wish to live it, and I seek it through a movement of return toward myself.” Gurdjieff
Writing has become the path of mind-body-soul integration for me. It is the daily commitment to write that helps me start the day with clarity and focus. Also reading back my entries helps me integrate my self-knowledge process. And the stats are amazing! It is really as if I gave a plunge inside my brain and reveal my interior dialogue.
Grateful for this simple, yet effective service.

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I made a New Year’s resolution to write every day (after not really writing since October). Three days into the new year and it’s so far, so good. I hope I don’t get off track again!

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It would be nice to be able to write on my tablet offline, and then upload it later in the day when I have a wifi connection. I know I could probably do this with a word document, but I’d love to be able to do it within a 750 words app on my tablet. Thanks!

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I read Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way as well as The Artist’s Way at Work, and it changed the way I think and see creativity altogether. At the heart and soul of her work are the Morning Pages, 3 hand-written pages of stream of consciousness, and it is of course what inspired this amazing space we have here, 750words. com. This has become a very special place to me, even though now I write for a living, books, blogs, newsletters, articles, I write with another level of freedom and boldness on my 750 Words. I also recommend it to friends and clients who have taken the challenge with me, and I am a huge big fan of 750words.com. This will change your life if you write your words daily. You may not see the progress right away, but it is happening beneath the surface. Writing is therapeutic, powerful and healing. Do your writing. Use 750words.com and support our friends who bring us this space.
A proud patron,
Farnoosh Brock
www.prolificliving.com

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I left my career as a broadcast journalist years ago and found that I developed a writer’s block in the process of leaving that career. 750 Words has loosened that up because I force myself to write every day. Plus, 750 Words came to my attention during a period of multiple losses, such is the time when many of my close relatives are aged. I’m sure having the opportunity to write my private thoughts in my 750 Words’ account has saved me lots of money that could have been spent on therapy – and it has been its own effective therapy, anyway! Thank you for this site!

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Helps me a lot in getting me to clear my mind and set things straight. Very very therapeutic in that way almost like a massage or meditation. So good.

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As it is, I do most of my 750-Wording on the go, usually on my iPad. Unfortunately the interaction between the mobile site that exists now and Safari, is that if I have to navigate away from the tab or app for any reason – even to dismiss a text message, I am logged out have have to reenter my email and password. A dedicated app would solve this problem entirely!!

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I first started using 750 words to improve my writing skills but it has become more than that. It has allowed me to delve deep into my own mind and find myself. Thoughts and feelings you bury deep into your sub-conscience reveal themselves when you’re sat opposite a blank screen and trying to fill it with 750 words. I cannot recommend this site enough. Thank you 750words.com

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On 600 days now. BTW, thanks for this excellent service.

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Seriously please more badges I’m dying

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Completed two years of writing and I cannot begin to explain how this has helped me sort things out, work through issues, and become a stronger, happier person. Thanks, Buster and Kellianne, for keeping this site going!

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Maybe random badges that you don’t know you can earn. Something silly like using a certain literary device in a session or saying the same word x number of times.

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Writing every day has been one of my favorite activities of 2013, and I’m hoping to continue the habit in 2014. Cheers to a new year!

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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.

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When I was younger I used to write all the time. As I’d gotten older and busier, I’d practically stopped. Now, I’ve written every day since I first found 750 Words. Sometimes I write short stories or character sketches, and sometimes I just write about my day. As for the inspiration part of this note, here goes: The more you write the better you get, so, even though some days may be hard, keep writing. It’s worth it.

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My resolution for the year is to write everyday, here on 750 Words. I have all the basic badges, but would love some more to shoot for, to help keep me inspired. Even with no new badges, this is the best site ever for keeping me writing every day! Thank you!

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750 words has transformed my writing by transforming my writing practice. Eternally grateful.