The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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I was stuck for OVER A YEAR trying to write my dissertation proposal. I just finished it today thanks to 750words! I agree with a lot of the members that we need more badges! Badges have become, what my friends think, my hilarious yet understandable motivation. Please come up with a dissertation completion badge! Perhaps it could be worked into the stats feature, e.g. “DISSERTATION: Complete.” This site may have saved my PhD! Thank you!

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Every day I think about my 750 words. Every day I do my 750 words.

Many thanks 750 words.com.
Love Sophie x

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Hello, dear all,

Just a little inspired note of gratitude. You see, I’ve read on this site that there’s a person who’s on her seventh year of writing her doctoral thesis, and then at a business function, I met a woman who’s on her seventh year of writing her doctoral thesis …

She runs marathons, too.

And I met a director who has a book inside her head, but she hasn’t written page one yet, because she hasn’t written an outline of it, although she already knows the beginning and the middle, the ending’s a little fuzzy to her.

It wouldn’t be, eventually, if she just wrote, every day.

A thesis wouldn’t be seven years in the making, if she just wrote, every day.

750words.com has been a boon to me, and to so many others, because, every day, for 5-10-20 minutes, we sit down, write, and are better for it.

You do something, every single day, you’re better for it. Everybody knows this, and the very, very few who do it are making headway in their lives to places they thought they would never be.

Thank you, Buster, for creating these blank pages, and letting us fill them, with the stories from our lives.

love, geophf

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It would be great if one could give each daily entry a title just like a blog but just for our use, so we can look back and re-read if we feel like it. For example, one of my entries was blogworthy so I copied into my blog. But if I had to find that original piece of writing, I wouldn’t know which date to look for. Then if the entries were indexed by date, with a title, it would be so super easy to find.

Alternatively, or in addition, if we could search by keyword all our writing, that would be amazing too.

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Mobile tablets I think are the evolution of writing tools. In my mind, it’s ocher > chisel > paper and ink > pencil/fountain pen > typewriter > computer > TABLET. That is all.

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This site is good for the writing morale: it’s the best online writing motivator that I’ve found yet. Due to Real Life stuff, I missed a day, but there’s plenty on here to help me get back on track and more importantly, to stay there!

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I have used 750 Words off and on since 2010. This year, it has meant the most to me, though. I write in the evenings after stressful days and the writing soothes me every time. I am a caregiver for two family members with cancer and I don’t know what the future will bring. I am isolating myself because friends don’t seem to understand or care. They are prone to say insensitive things. Writing every evening is my way of purging my soul of the impurities of the day, of the hurt, of the harshness of life. I’ve written over 100,000 words and I still have something to say every night. That must mean something. Maybe I was meant to do this and maybe one day, after I overcome the obstacles that life continues to throw in front of me, I will publish a book. I would really like to do that.

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I don’t know if you have this already, but an option for people to sign up to doing 1666 for the month of November and setting the counter for 1666 as opposed to the usual 750 words a month which could still be the default setting as usual even through November too as usual. People could do their Nano writing in this space if they want to.
Thanks.
Sophie.

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I came across 750 words by accident. I was looking for something to inspire me and give me the motivational push I desperately needed to get on with my writing. I am going to try my utmost to complete at least 750 words every day. :)

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Buster & Kellianne, thank you for developing such an amazing site. It has helped me in my writing practice and I look forward to write 750 words every day regardless how I feel. Life is too short to wait for inspiration.

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Being expected to write 750 words every day, when I didn’t want to, when I didn’t think I could, when I had to write in secret, when the keystrokes sounded like thunder, and then being rewarded with highly coveted badges, has been an enormous blessing for me. Through this discipline I’ve learned why writing projects fail, how to be honest with myself, and to fruitfully enjoy time at the keyboard. I can always point to the time in my life when I was a Space Bird and know that difficult goals can be achieved.

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I’m setting off on a fresh stride in the area of Bromance Fantasy novels. This site has helped me keep focused on inspiration and keeping the outline of my new story going. It’s fun to earn the badges and it’s a great means to teach a writer self-discipline in the art of setting aside a certain time of day to write. The challenges are great. I find myself excited to come to the site every morning with coffee at my side and opening up the new day’s page to further expand my story’s outline. It’s a fantastic time to be a writer! You have a story inside you? Be it non-fiction or fiction, this is the place to come. It’s fun and to see your badges show up as you clear those hurdles just makes it that much more enjoyable. If you’ve got a story you want to write or if you just have something you want to say, this place will help get your focus sharpened and inspire you to have fun while you type. I love it and am glad I’ve joined up. :)

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We always need more badges

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This site has saved my life. I started writing after a suicide attempt. The mental discipline and focus that writing 750 words each day brought to my life gave me a strong and clear internal vision that continues to steer me in a direction that is finally leading to artistic accomplishment.
Bipolar disorder sucks, but I feel like I finally have some reins on this wild pony. As Charles Bukowski said, "Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. " I’m going some where now, so I can finally understand what he is talking about.
Thank you so much Buster!

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This site is amazing! I missed one day on the August challenge so I bit the bullet and gave 4 cups of patronage. But this site has been a fantastic tool for clearing my mind, sharpening my goals and priorities, and being an excellent place to start writing bits and pieces for my thesis!

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Although I write my daily pages in Russian, so I can’t use all features of this site (such as frequently used words, emotions or concerns), still I find it very useful for me. It helps me to avoid procrastination. Thank you!

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My suggestion is to have an option for daily reminders that will only send if the user’s daily words have not already been completed.

For example, I could have it set to email me at 10pm each night if my words are not already complete. But if I finished them, no email.

I know this would be useful to someone like me who doesn’t want a daily email.

Thanks!

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At the moment there is a big public discussion in germany about the NSA spying on our emails and data. It feels uneasy to write about my inner personal issues with that in mind. Is there any encryption in your dataflow? Or should I suppose that some federal agent is reading my diary?
Thanks for the good work,
David

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On Timehop, a day is defined as lasting past midnight into the early morning. I often miss the midnight deadline for days, as I’m awake past this time, and things start to get messy. Maybe there could be a ‘night owl’ option to make the site work better for people like me?