The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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Thank you Kellianne and Buster for this amazing site. I have been an on again/off again writer since 2010! I love this site. It has helped me journal my way through miscarriages, serious illnesses of parents and other loved ones, a new baby, and struggles with anxiety.

It has also been a great motivator for me to achieve some creative writing goals, including winning NANOWRIMO 2016. But when I look at all my output for the last 7 years, I can see other large amounts of work on other stories and novels. At this point in my life, I write for the sake of writing and am not sure I will ever share it with anyone else. But I know that I have done it, and those characters live in my own writing here.

Thank you Kellianne and Buster for also letting me “cheat!” I was 467 days into my writing streak (for those counting, that means my streak started on New Years Day 2016) and an awful bout with the stomach flu caused me to miss writing that day.

A quick note to Kellianne for help and my streak was restored! I made sure to write double (1500 words) the next day, so at least I didn’t feel like I was cheating too much.

So here is my testimonial note and my note of “Thanks” for this fantastic place for writing!

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I signed up for 750 Words several years ago, but didn’t stick with it, although on occasion I revisited the site with intentions to do a daily writing practice that never quite happened.. Four months ago I began to develop some mobility problems, and am now in the process of getting a second opinion for ALS. Fifty five days ago, I began to write, and haven’t skipped a day since then. Writing gives me the opportunity to get the fears and worries out without overburdening my family members taking care of me. Writing has been a valuable task during a time when my physical functioning is failing and I am trying to create a structure for my life as it is now. My writing doesn’t look good, and may not be readable but it is helping to keep me together during this uncertain time.

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You want to be a writer? Then write every day, they said. Use Word or Evernote, they said. You don’t need to spend money on a subscription, they said. Yeah well, they’re wrong. I look forward to my daily dose of 750 Words. Just realized I was earning badges. Badges? Who cares? As it turns out, I do. Great service, so glad you set it up. Thanks!!

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Achievement badges are helpful in keeping up with writing or at least they are for me. Especially if you could combine them with your writing statistics.

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I learned about morning pages almost 20 years ago. Of course, I stopped doing it 19 and half years ago! Then I decided started writing my first book. It was going OK, but I was having trouble finding my voice. My wife had been an early adopter of 750Words.com, and she shared it with me. After my second day of writing, I noticed a massive difference in the writing for my new book. That is worth $5/month in a heartbeat. Great site, great features! Thank you.

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I am so happy to be a Space Squirrel! But I notice there are more Space Squirrels than Space Birds writing. It would be great to have some more badges available. For example, you could photoshop a squirrel plus a space bird into one image… or two space squirrels into one image … etc. I volunteer to do Photoshopping myself if you agree with this idea.
Thanks so much for this wonderful 750 words site, whether you take my idea or not.
Betsy

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I’m back. I never doubted I would be but life sure does get in the way sometimes. Wanted to thank you again for being here. I feel like I’ve come home. Bless you and this great idea for a web site.

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This site has helped me to connect to my heart daily. A safe place to express my emotions and FEEL them without the judgement of others. It has also been a healing tool for cognitive therapy. Thank you.

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It hasn’t been exactly a month since I encountered and joined 750 Words but as soon as the free trial period of 30 days almost passes, I didn’t hesitate to join as full-time member. 750 Words has truly made excellent changes, I personally could attest to that. I’m sort of having a quarter life crisis and questioning this and that, having so many thoughts that I can’t actually verbalize and my mood swings and anger management issues feel like beyond redemption that I end up blurting too many words that I don’t actually mean and sometimes even hurt the people around me. But when I started writing, what I did, how I felt, what were I thinking and all the rush of ideas I have, I realized that it was the good kind of release. I swear it can really do wonders, and I’m only here for about a month, what more if I keep doing this for months and even years. I also feel a sense of accomplishment that I’ve completed at least 750 words about my day. I hope that 750 Words continue to support writers or non-writers (just like me), to encourage them and see this as a really good outlet for feelings and thoughts.

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I’d like to recommend some kind of add a KPI that takes into consideration the fact that sometime people don’t write in a streak. i.e. there are breaks / pauses while writing, could you please add a measure that also provides insight about the “net” writing rate / writing time ?

By net, i meant the time / rate that was actually spent typing v.s. time from first keystroke to last…

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Any chance of getting a GALAXY BADGE for when you have written 2,000,000 Words (and I just did!!)? The badge would have the Milky Way on it. Because when you have written that many words, the Sky’s the Limit! I would love a new bage!! It’s been a while since there was one to get!! I’m also coming up to writing for 5 years in a row shortly! That would be nice too!! How do we go about getting new badges?? Thanks for this great site! It has been a God-send :) Peace & Love, Holly M <><

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I did 750 for 100 days two years ago and I hadn’t even read the Artist’s Way yet, and I just realised yesterday logging in that it’s on the front page, wowza, what an excellent tool. This discipline is everything clears my mind, I’m gunning for making this a daily thing no matter what.

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I think it could be a lot of fun to have a badge for NaPoWriMo as well as the NaNoWriMo, especially since a single day’s worth of writing can be spent writing ideas and collecting different drafts of a piece as well as ticking off the days that we actually write something.

Since it is April, this is fresh on my mind, but I can totally understand how few, or far from everyone would enjoy this. But it could be a lot of fun and another way to get people out of their writing comfort zones, like the monthly challenge.

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My testimonial is to just keep writing, no matter what! I didn’t finish the March challenge, but I promised not to beat myself up about it and just keep writing! Have a great day!

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Reading level?
Grammar checker?

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Yeah I’m sure a long shot, but what about voice transcription? Has this feature been suggested?

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I think you should only be charged to use the site if you have used it within the month. I really love 750 words but am not always able to use it every month, and I would be more likely to remain a paying member if I wasn’t charged for months where I haven’t made use of the site. Monthly payments should be triggered upon use. Either that, or there could be the option to renew your subscription each month instead of having an ongoing membership which charges you automatically. Just a thought!

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I have a number of issues clouding my mind including bipolar disorder and ptsd. I can’t take medication so I do a number of things for my well being including writing every day. Writing is a powerful form of therapy for me. After 76 days I have managed to write over 125,000 words. Wow. What did I learn as I wrote all those words? I learned that if I slow down and maintain an even pace I can clear my mind and express my thoughts. I also learned that there is (for me) no such thing as writers block: there is only a lack of discipline. If slow down and write at a pace of 30 words a minute I will accumulate over 1,300 words in three quarters of an hour. Sometimes writing can be a struggle, but if you slow down you will not be hindered you will advance.

Whatever your reason is for being here keep at it and don’t stop writing. Peace & love all.

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This site, so simple in aim, has helped me to live up to that essential writer’s mantra: writers write everyday.

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Bring back the “entire your subconscious” feature. I loved it so much! Thanks 750words!!

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This site has helped to make me write more and write better. Without it, it always feels so easy to do nothing at all, and to end up just stagnating for longer and longer. Now I find that I can feel better about myself with every day I manage to finish my 750 words in. Here’s to the next day, the next month… Here’s hoping I can keep this up enough for the Phoenix.

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I’d love to be able to post my new badges to my social network feeds as I earn them. It would also be great advertising for the site.

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My biggest problem in writing is procrastination and dealing with the aftereffects of a stroke. 750 words has challenged me to write every day, even if it’s just babbling about nothing of consequence. Thank for this site.

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750 words has had hugely positive effect and impact on my being able to write every day. Now, dear writers, Buster and Kellianne, I shall be stepping away to focus on the WIP that is calling for my undivided attention. Thank you for this wonderful site. I had a great time. Happy writing everyone. Goodbye xxx

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not more badges per se, but maybe add a note to each earned badge informing how many times we’ve completed the one month challenge, for example, or how many times we’ve been back to the egg badge ಠ_ಠ