The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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I started using 750 Words as a place to get my thoughts down and it had improved my moods so much. I have learned to enjoy writing every day so much that I am now writing a novel for NaNoWriMo! Thank you to the creators and to all of you trying to keep up your streak, you can do it! Just take a little time out of your day and go.

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750words.com is a fantastic place to help you stay on track with writing. It has helped me keep motivated and I’m starting to develop the habit of daily writing all at the same time, thanks guys!

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I have enjoyed my daily writing so much! I’m inspired to write first thing in the morning, before I begin my work day. I am sometimes surprised at how this process unlocks so manyideas and tasks that I can complete during my work day. Thank you for providing this space! :)

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What words am I using, how frequently…am I using “so” as often as I think?

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I would like to see more variety in what stats I could see.

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It’s great to have a place where you can just come and air your thoughts. However, I have a problem. I’m finding that I am becoming more and more easily distracted. I’m 52, almost 53. Maybe it’s natural to experience this at my age. Is ther anyone else out there who has the same thing happening? I think that when I next see my doctor, I should broach the subject with her. I am still young…but I’ve already had 2 strokes (started at 26!), so perhaps this is something residual?

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750words is like a friend that listens to you, no matter what. Most of the times that is all I need, someone that listens and while I talk, solutions pop up from nowhere. I use 750words to plan what next, to review the past, to be happy, to be sad and above all, just to be MYSELF. Thank you 750words.

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Hey everyone…I’m back!
No..I haven’t been anywhere, but I have been absent from this site for quite a while. It’s good to be back!

When I first started using this site to develop good writing habits, it helped so much. Before long it became routine for me to write every day.

Thanks to the development of that habit, I’ve published 2 ebooks; two fiction stories which would not have been possible to complete without persistent writing habits.

THANKS 750 WORDS!

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I started using 750words to start NaNoWriMo this year and I was pleasantly surprised when it gave me a notification that I’d passed the 1667 word mark for NaNoWriMo. I think it would be cool if we could link our accounts to NaNoWriMo to automatically update our wordcount for the day. And perhaps, at the end, update the entire wordcount for the month when we finish our novel. Not sure how that would work, but it would be great.

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So, it’s NaNoWriMo 2016 and where is the first place I turn? To 750 Words, where I know my work will be safe and easy to find. And the words all nice and counted for me! Thanks for being there, always!

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Over a year ago (in September) a participant in a spiritual writing workshop told me about his membership in 750 words. He said that it kept him committed to writing on a daily basis. That may have been the most significant thing I took away from that workshop! That night I went home, looked up your website and began my commitment to write every day. You can’t be a wannabe writer forever without doing the work, right?

Years ago I read Julia Cameron’s book and kept up a journal of sorts for a time, but Life got in the way and I put it aside. I’ve used a typewriter for so long that handwriting for me is now a slow and laborious process. Typing my entry for the day makes it so much easier (and faster) to accomplish the task and stay on track. (Well, to be honest, there have been a few slip ups along the way when I forgot to write. I had to suck it up, dust myself off, and start over as the colorless egg.)

Thank you, Buster and Kellianne, for your brilliant idea to launch this website. Thanks, too, for those crazy-fun badges of encouragement. LOVE ’em!

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I would really love to see some sort of badge for NaNoWriMo!

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I’d love to be able to write my words from my phone or iPad when I’m traveling or in a meeting and can’t easily have my computer out on a desk.

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No matter what kind of day or mood I’m in, just writing here helps. I can type my cares away and I’m feeling a whole lot better. This is my therapy. It’s also what makes me believe I can be a writer. Maybe someday I’ll publish something, having it performed or something?

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750 Words has allowed me to get to work on a project I’ve sat on for a long time. Here’s to another month!

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Hello and thank you for this wonderful website! I don’t know if anyone else has ever made this request. If a particular day’s entry has important information or ideas that I might like to come back to in the future, it would be nice to somehow mark that day’s entry as important. Perhaps a button on the data page that says “Mark this Entry” and then in the archive that date could either have an asterisk next to it or the date could show up in a different color, so the writer knows there was something deemed important written in that entry, and would save the writer having to rifle through a months worth of dates to find a particular entry. Thank you for taking the time to read and consider this idea. And thank you again for this wonderful website.

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I didn’t get my 1:30 self care routine complete this morning of which my 750words makes up 25-30 minutes. I do remember at lunch time so I jot something down, but have to get back to work so I stop part way through. I go through my day and wake up the next morning to see that dreaded FORWARD SLASH in yesterday’s rectangle. “How could I forget to complete my entry??? UGGHHH!!!”

My new feature is to allow patrons who participate in the challenges to purchase a set of mulligans. Just like in a golf tournament, these mulligans would allow the patron to go back and complete a partially completed entry. The mulligan had to be used within 24 hours. 1 mulligan for partial entries, 2 mulligans for no entry. $20 for 3; $30 for 5. They cannot be rolled over to the next month.

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I would love to see more badges, regardless of what they are for. More incentive will keep me writing (and donating) regularly!

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I was a member way back when, and used this regularly. And then, for some reason I don’t recall, I stopped using it. I came back a few days, and am grateful it is still around. The little badges encourage me, the fact that I can type things out quickly (instead of writing, which is what I’ve been doing the past 2-3 years) fits where I am right now in my life.

Onward.

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I am practicing for National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO), and I am writing around 1700 words per day. I love seeing the green box telling me I’ve done it, but I’d love another box that shows up at my chosen word count – or if technically that’s a challenge – perhaps it could be a NANO count which is 1,667 per day :)

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Hey I’m not sure if this exists or not, but it would be cool to be able to talk to some of the other people here.

I think this would be a cool way to network with other writers and who knows?

Maybe you’ll make a friend or a business partner. This could work like a regular forum/chat room where they’re segmented up by like sci-fi writing, relationship stuff, etc.

Just a thought.

Thank you,

-Phil

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My husband passed away suddenly 7 weeks ago today. I use 750words to write to him. I find if I word vomit early in the morning it helps me get through the rest of the day. I’m thankful to have stumbled on this site. I like that I can write from any device (mostly my phone), anywhere and I don’t have to worry about losing what I write, which up until now I was doing. Writing helps me remember.

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Well, hello, umm, I’ve returned to the site after eight long months of abscence and now I feel like I’ve finally arrived at home. As if I’ve returned to an old friend and stayed the night in a guest room up in the attic, where it’s calm and quiet, where is a hatch above my head and I can see shooting stars from there. These stars are nothing less, but an inspiration to make the first decisive step after being knocked down.
For the last few weeks I was literally dead, with no interest in life, love or any activity i like. This included writing. I simply could not force myself to make a damn line. I was desperate, frustrated, out of fuel to burn bright as usual. But today it all changed. I felt better and suddenly come to decision to go back to the site, pledge some money and have this as a motivation to completely break through my depression. And I did it! I’ve accomplished 800 words in an hour, AND finally have recieved pleasure from doing it! It feels awesome to be the old good positive me and I hope, the more days I will spend writing my words, the better my mood will become. Thank you for this opportunity.