The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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I’m one of those people that know all the benefits of meditation, is completely open to the practice, but can’t seem to solidify it as a daily habit. However, I want many of the cognitive benefits. I read a post about how stream-of-consciousness journaling can be just as beneficial, and so far it has been amazing. I’m very grateful that 750words exists and I’ve found that having a daily writing habit has changed my life in innumerable ways!

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This site has enabled me to not only write every day but to clear my head so that writing inspiration can flow. I recently had to go without for over a week and it drove me crazy not having the accountability that I get here. I am grateful to be a part of this.

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This isn’t so much a testimonial note as it is a helpful little tidbit for those of us who sometimes have trouble remembering if we wrote our words which causes us to miss days inadvertently. (I remember bolting up one night at 4am saying “I forgot my words today!”)

Every day, I change the background screen color to a different color of the rainbow (or chakra color, if that’s your thing). And I find that it helps me remember whether or not I’ve written for that day, since your mind can recall the color of the day and contrast it with the previous day. Or something like that. Something interesting goes on neurologically that helps someone like me remember his words more consistently so I don’t have to bug Kellianne to restore my streak! Give it a shot if you’re finding it hard to remember your words. And enjoy your writing!

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I’d love to see something that comes after the flying squirrel badge since it looks like a few members I’ve seen on the today’s writer page have hit over 2000. I think it’ll give some motivation to reach for such a insane amount of days!

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750 Words has truly motivated me and it would be great if there could be more badges. It’s not to show off, but it could give everyone a sense of accomplishment every time they accomplish something and get a badge.

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I’d like to be able to put some sort of tag or bookmark on certain entries. Kind of like how in Gmail you can “star” certain emails, then go back and reference those specific starred emails all in one section. Sometimes I write really awesome or relevant things and I’d love to be able to reference it easily on the site.

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I was introduced to 750 words by my daughter and my husband started on it. I see the joy and commitment he get out of writing and because I write in my little notebook of my thoughts about things that come my way, I decided to join on a trial basis. Little did I know, I diligently did 31 days in a row! It’s a routine, a habit and it is so liberating to be able to write anything that’s on my mind to get it out. I use it to organize my thoughts, plans, my dreams, my goals, my puzzle about certain things in life, etc. And I save all the notes I wrote so I can refer back. So I start off each day’s writing with a Title. That helps me to refer back when I need to.
This is a fabulous invention! Thank you so much to the creators and the team supporting this website. My gratitude to you all!

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I’m so happy I discovered this site. I can’t believe how much writing I’ve gotten done since joining. It helps me be accountable every day and get the words down, instead of slacking and procrastinating. I’m a stickler for not breaking my streak and earning badges, so it’s super motivating. Thank you, 750 Words! You’re the best!

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I’m enjoying the 750 words site very much. Through its gamification features, it helps building the writing habit little by little.

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Something to keep you going after 100 days, or different colour horse rewards for different months!

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I don’t know how to access text analysis. Maybe I’ll find out now that I have joined. I’m interested!

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I would recommend this website and tool to anyone who is longing for a consistent and thoughtful writing practice. I have not always been consistent, but when I do write, I know that it helps me to focus, take stock, vent, record ideas, and to dream! Thank you for this fabulous tool.

I am still a strong proponent for a hand-written Morning Pages practice, but this has replaced that for now. I love the idea of being able to access this from anywhere and also, I am saving the TREES!!! Any writing is good writing.

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If user chooses — purge old entries automatically. Older than week or month. I don’t want 750 words saved for long.

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I love this site! It helped me to be accountable with my daily writing habit. I started writing daily at the start of the year and found out about this site around 2 months into it. Now I already got the Phoenix Badge and I am going to continue writing here as much as I can. As much as possible, I don’t want to break the streak! Writing daily has given me clarity on my goals and helps clear my mind when I am overwhelmed with a lot of things. I do feel that I am becoming better in handling my goals and managing my tasks. Thank you to the creators of 750 Words!

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Kudos to everyone who makes 750 words what it is. The last 9 months have been so beneficial for me and though I’m leaving the site for now, I’m grateful for the habit it has instilled. Daily writing has had a significant impact on my life by increasing my capacity to explore ideas, wrestle with emotions and just spew out whatever data was just floating in the way of productive writing! THANK YOU, THANK YOU and THANK YOU. The Phoenix badge is one I will wear with pride and a real sense of accomplishment moving forward! Blessings! Joe

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Create a tab or home section that can make the text bold, italics, different text colors, a horizontal page break line (like in Word or Fanfiction.net). Anything on the writing page to make it more personalized and less of a Word document page.

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I crossed the 2 million word mark recently. Recognition via a badge would be a great way to mark this milestone.

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One way to try to write more is to shoot for a monthly target, like 50K words. I track daily my cumulative word count in a bar chart that compares my progress to where I need to be to stay on track. I find the comparison to be highly motivating. I tend to try to surge ahead on the weekends to give myself a buffer if I should fall behind during the work week. On some weekend days, I have written more than 5,000 words. I have passed 50K words in eight of the past 11 months. A badge for reaching 50K words per month would help keep me motivated. Badges for reaching 60K and 75K words would provide additional motivation to press further.

However, I would caution that setting unrealistic goals will set up you for failure because you will become discouraged and give up when you have fallen too far behind. For example, I just crossed the 50K line this morning; I have 10,000 words to go to reach my original goal of 60,000 words in May. With only three days left and a lot of other chores to do more a big trip, I doubt that I will reach 60K.

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I’ve been on and off 750words. However I love that I can jump back in and just write. Writing here is like therapy. Sometimes, I can’t speak the words I want to but with writing, things just flow. Thanks for keeping the site up!

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I have belonged to 750words.com since 2010, but in the first six years or so, my writing was very hit or miss. I used it as morning pages for the first 90 days or so; I was unemployed when I started, and I like the routine. Then I started a new job, and got very distracted and tired, and didn’t write very consistently.

I would start, lose track, and stop. This went on for ages, plus, there was the six month period where I wrote longhand in a notebook, and couldn’t seem to add time to come here.

Now I’m retired; I moved to a new town, and the change was a bit boggling, especially at first. So I started back here, and now I think I have 590 days in a row, though I wouldn’t swear to that. It’s turned into the best habit I have.

I babble, write about my day, write about plans I have, mostly mundane. I plan cleaning, outings, projects, and walks. I write about frustrations and things that make me happy; the cats, the beach, the weather, how I felt when I got up in the morning, what I ate.

I may write something of consequence some day, or not. It’s all OK. Whatever I write makes me feel better, and puts things into perspective.

Thank you so much, 750 Words!

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Today would have been my 101 day of writing in a row but I missed a day (20 days ago) because there was not internet at the hotel I was staying at and then I got distracted with the day. Maybe it’s a silly thing but I really want that badge! I’ve written 235 days since I started in mid Sept last year and I feel so good about that. One of these days I’ll have 100 in a row. I absolutely love my morning routine which involves meditation, writing, exercise and then reading (aloud) at the breakfast table with my partner. I added the writing to clear my mind so that I could meditate better and after a while I switched the order of things because I was finding that my meditation sometimes created topics to write about. I love the writing because it is sort of a continuation of the meditation because it is automatic and I never know quite what is going to come out. Sometimes it’s amazing and always it ends with gratitude. This daily exercise has proven to me that taking baby steps every day towards a goal is the way to achieve anything. I’ve written close to 200,000 words already! That is the equivalent of a couple of books. I will write a book one day, perhaps soon, but in the meantime, I will practice with writing 750 words a day. Thanks so much for this site. It is a gift and I tell people about it all the time. I feel so accomplished after doing it. Thank you Thank you Thank you.

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Your site make me want to live. Really, my mind was really messed, but now I can put my thoughts to separate place. This is amazing, thank you, guys for this site.

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Stats pages can be hard to find, I would like them to be clearer and easier to find :)

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Hello Seattle, I am an Albatross… I found 750 Words while looking for a way to easily write between my work computer and my home computer. I found WattPad at the same time, and 30 days in, love both. Writing 750 words only takes me about 10 minutes, and thus 750 Words as a program is amazing at getting me to take those ten minutes, and sit down and write each and every day, which is absolutely invaluable. If you’re considering trying -go for it! You’ll sleep better.

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Nevermind! LOL I just figured out how to do this :) so no need to change the tabs to show how to find the statistics.

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Love the site! I’d like to add my voice to those requesting a secure server. Online security is becoming more and more essential – please provide your patrons with peace of mind!