The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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I found this site through the Freelance Writing site.

750Words is exactly the place I needed to shake off the regimen of writing for money, to re-establish writing every day. I used Morning Pages off and on for many years, but this site is the best place for me. In fact, coming here is the first thing I do every morning, and my days are better for it.

This is a uncomplicated place to write and then receive feedback about that writing. I just quit a gamified habit building site because it is very complicated, requires a lot time to maintain, and just was not engaging.

I am approaching a full year of writing every day; I look forward to writing every day for a long, long, time.

Thank you, Buster and Kelliiane, your work has enriched my life.

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I almost always have my iPad with me and usually use it for writing. I NEED an iPad App – definitely.

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I’d love to see some extensions of existing badges: more badges for consecutive entries under 20 minutes, for writing at morning/night, etc. I’m (kind of sadly) motivated by that kind of thing and it would provide a little extra oomph during the long droughts between 30 and 100 entries, etc.

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I’d like to be able to set up separate multiple projects.

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Out of the blue, I receive the notification that I got the badge for 250,000 words – Wow, I never thought I had written so much! I’m really happy and plan to keep on writing as long as I can.

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I don’t know about the rest of you but I really love the badges. I didn’t get many gold stars in school so this is like a do over for me. I am shooting for the Nano badge this month with only 7 more days to reach 50,000. I am going to get there. It is so therapeutic for me to get all my stuff out and know that it is safe and I can return to it whenever I need to. This site is the best thing that has happened to me in a while. It sure beats going to see a shrink. LOL Hope all of you writers find the joy that I have. Really, really love the badges. Happy writing everyone.

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My best friend had a bit of an emotional crisis this week, so decency compelled me to give up my 22 day streak and call her. Back to the egg I go, and the Albatross was within my grasp…heavy sigh. Who knows if I will ever nab that squirrel?

I am unspeakably grateful for 750Words, though. Since graduating with my undergrad degree in Creative Writing, I have struggled and struggled to build and maintain a daily writing habit with minimal success. I am just one of those people who needs a shove every day, or a million other little things will find their way between me and my words. This site has been that shove for me for almost two years now – in a gentle, encouraging way.

With the help of 750Words, I’m setting a goal to have the rough draft of my current fiction project done by the end of May next year – and also to bag the Phoenix by that time! Thank you. Thank you so much. I would be so lost without this little sanctuary… and would probably still be struggling to even start a novel, let alone write through to the end.

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I first discovered the morning pages when I picked up a copy of The Artist’s Way almost twenty years ago. That book had a profound effect on me, and i adopted the practice of the morning pages for secret years. But like so many other things, it faded from my life over time as responsibilities and other details came and went. I was therefore very pleased to discover this website a month ago, as recommended by a friend The last 30 days have been only a pure delight to begin my day with some writing, and a part of me feels very blessed and thankful that I have returned to the morning pages. Thank you to Buster and Kellianne for creating and maintaining this wonderful gift of a website.

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Have descriptions of the different emotional stats when you reach the 750 words goal.

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I love it here. Thanks so much for creating this space and for making it a safe and caring environment.

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This has allowed me to complete a task daily that not only benefits my writing skills but allows me to complete a task (although small) and feel like I’ve accomplished something.

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I would love to know what my longest streak is. I was somewhere in the 130’s and realized that I missed a day this week and now am not sure just how long my streak was before I broke it. I know I could count the days, but that would be tedious…

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As someone who values an empty inbox, I don’t need a reminder email to tell me when I HAVE completed my words – just when I haven’t!

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750 Words is the first time in my life I’ve been able to consistently journal on a daily basis. It now feels as necessary and helpful as exercising and eating vegetables. Something about 750 Words just _works in a way that my 20 years of previous attempts haven’t.

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Mostly, I’m too busy dumping my thoughts to care about the text analysis anymore, but sometimes I like to see how accurate or inaccurate my analysis is. Sure, let’s see how you can improve upon this? Make it more accurate.

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I’d love to be able to write on my phone. I don’t think it needs to be very fancy, just word count and connected to my account.

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This is more of a membership feature. Instead of a monthly subscription, can I get temp access for a week that expires – and may be pay $2 only. The thing is I use 750 words once in a while and it is very critical in those times that I write out to help the jumble of thoughts in my own head fade away. It is like a therapy session I need rarely. But having temp access is super useful!

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I love how minimalist the site is. Regardless of so many suggestions, if there’s any design changes to this marvellous site, there’ll be an uproar about it. In the words of Nat King Cole, “Stay as sweet as you are”!

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I have used 750words to jumpstart two books, one back in 2010 and one this year. The monthly challenge is a great way to get a first draft done, to be refined later. More recently I’ve been using it the way it was intended – to write more in a diary-like fashion to clear my mind and my soul. I am even looking forward, every morning, to getting up early and write! Thank you Buster and Kellianne for all your work on this, and forgiving us this wonderful tool.

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26 day streak, I was on my way to completing my first month, then I had heart failure, and have ended up in hospital for cardiac interventions. So disappointed, guess I’ll have to wait until the September Challenge to start again. I have really enjoyed the commitment and the monthly challenge provdes and the establishment of a regular writing habit. 3 blog posts evolved from my meanderings, which is even better as I hadn’t written one for several months

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Well, it’s the 2nd day of the month and my name is already on the Wall of Shame! Seems like I get busy with my day, might even write 4 or 500 words in the morning intending to get back to it by midnight. Then life takes over and I forget to go back to it. Thanks for having this site. At least I have the ability to track what I’m doing and see how much I need to work at my consistency. I’m going to keep on trying to do 30 days!

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I love this site because even though it’s meant to be used every day, I don’t feel pressured to use it every day, and when I do come to use it it helps me to clear my mind so well. Often times I’ll find that I have a jumble of thoughts in my head and I can’t really separate them well, but having somewhere to put them down quickly makes the rest of my day so much better. Thank you!

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First full month! I may not do it again or I may persevere; in any case this site is a peaceful and joyful place that I cherish, and I am deeply grateful to those who created it and those who have contributed every day to its vitality.