The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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Having a tab for a new page if you want to write something new or different that is unrelated to what you just wrote? Perhaps that’s just a preference thing, but I always like starting fresh when I write one thing of my chest and something else takes its place and I want to write more, but start from the beginning.

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What do the green and blue stars next to a writer’s name mean?

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Since joining 750words in November 2015, I have aimed to write every day. However, I haven’t quite made it – but hitting 97% of days and being just over half a million words is close enough thus far.

I use the morning words idea, but keep that part short. Then ‘the rest’ I use to hash out ideas for articles. I usually formalise one article every two days or so, which has kept my blog posting list well ahead.

750words also helps me tease out my thoughts for peer-reviewed academic articles and for my PhD (just starting).

All in all, THANK YOU, Kellianne and Buster. You have provided me with the space to write every day. This has allowed me to understand that it only takes a bit over a year to write half a million words, and that I have tenacity… which has now segued into doing my PhD.

Mwah, mwah.

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This cup is for quick help and support from Kellianne about an issue in my account settings. :-)

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I love 750 words! It’s a way to be committed to my goal, to write every day. The plain page with no distractions is awesome.

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Once you’ve been around a while, the stretches can get long. It’d be nice to still have goals other than “another day” and “more words”.

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OR a better mobile site? I just want to be able to write in bed or when a compute isn’t near. I’m trying to develop better habits. Thanks for doing what you do

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Today it’s been 547 days in a row and I really really didn’t want to write. I have a fever and am dealing with some family bull and I was just not having it but I did. I DID IT. So far I’ve written through a car accident, family illness and stressful days. This site works. Thanks so much.

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I’m trying hard to just write, and it’s helping.

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I’d love to be able to choose a non-streak badge to display during the long stretches between streak badges. For example, I currently have The Albatross but it’s going to be over two months until I get to the next streak badge, so I’d rather display The Early Rooster or one of the Flock badges in the meantime.

And more badges to earn in general would be awesome. =)

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I’m splitting hairs…this site is great. A more frictionless mobile experience would be great. But this site is already fantastic.

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I’ve gone on vacation where WiFi access is spotty and lost my writing streaks because I don’t have internet access – and there seems to be no way around this! Maybe a premium option where members could show that they have written offline and this syncs without losing progress! Thanks <3

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Theme/mood/vocab badges? Things based on the analytics. And maybe an option to show/hide content badges?

Also maybe horses of many colors for those who complete multiple month challenges—separate from the longer bird badges. So right now I’m a Pterodactyl, I wouldn’t need all those horses, but let’s say each calendar year gets a different color horse, or a different color for each month. If by year like car tabs, it could be “Member earned four golden horses this year!” or if by month: “Member has been a golden horse for two of the three Aprils she’s been a member.” But that would only apply to people who do not have a longer streak.

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Writing each morning has been one of the best things that I have ever done. Much joy and love have shown up in my life. Thanks for creating this. Best Therapy Ever!

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Writing here every day gives me a clarity that is extraordinarily valuable. With all the clutter in my mind, filtering it to my writing here has made me happier, more focused and more productive. Thanks for this great site!

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Writing today made me aware of a sadness deeply buried in me. I’m crying and I’m sad, really sad. But I feel a lot more alive than before. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to reconnect with myself.

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Being able to write on a smartphone, maybe even offline with a function of uploading upon having internet access would be just Fantastic :)

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I’d love a much more enhanced text-entry and saving system. Thanks!

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In a way, doing 750 words is an inexpensive form of therapy. I’ve learned lots of things about forming new habits as well as how I behave and respond to things.

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Hello fellow writers,
I have been here for 11 months, sporadically writing, a bunch of slashes and a few ’X’s’ – a little like my bowling results! But today, I noticed my points hit 40 for the first time which means I’m being more consistent. I have yet to hit 30 days in a row. So that is my next goal!!

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I started with 750Words in 2009, but then left for a while. I felt I lost my muse. Recently I remembered just how helpful having this site was, so I returned. Having a site that is easy to use, without lots of hoops to jump through, encourages me to use it every day… thoughts, notes, ideas, rants, raves, a little bit of everything.

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Some of my most cherished moments in writing are not the verbal insights that arise, but the silences that follow. It’s taken over 7.5 million to unlock these silences, and there are many more to come. Now my writing practice is shifting, and it seems to be time to move on.

I’d like to leave you all with a parting dare: break a habit. Not necessarily a bad habit—it could be something you automatically do that you don’t really need to. Try leaving that undone. Look in a place that you usually overlook. Break a habit. See what happens.

Remember, one way of breaking a habit is to start a new one. Commitment to writing can sometimes feel estranging, boring, or even threatening; more extraverted actions often seem more tempting or significant. But really, writing can move us closer to the world: it can make us deeper listeners and keener observers. So if you’re looking for a sign, here it is: keep going, day by day. Keep writing. See what happens.

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I love this site! I just think it would be even more encouraging if there were badges in between some of the higher-level ones. It seems like a big jump to go from 100,000 to 250,000 words, for example. Or from 200 days to 365.

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At first, it did feel weird talking to myself, but it was worth going through my own thoughts in written form. I think it can definitely improve someone’s life.