The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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Just write. It doesn’t matter if it’s not perfect right away, because for one nothing’s perfect and for another you can always edit it later. Perfection’s overrated, go for awesome instead.

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The only thing stronger than fear is hope- Hunger Games

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I have a free membership and currently no job, but I signed up for $5 a month anyway because this is the one tool I use every day to build my writing practice and clear my head. I tell everyone who asks me about journaling or writing or spiritual practice about 750 Words!

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The practice of banging out at least 750 words every day has changed my writing and, not to be a complete cornball, my life. Thanks for all the inspiration!

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mkpladsen wrote: headings and then writing under them – Culture, Exercise, Food, Work, Weather, Money - well, mk, you can use the metadata and have a running record of what you write under those headings every day!! Amazing what you will discover! And those who moan over breaking a streak—use the schedule time off feature! No more broken streak over a missed day. There is so much to support us on 750words—let’s use it!! Yay 750!

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I thought I might use up a cup of coffee asking if other writers here have a pattern for their writing. Lately I started putting in headings and then writing under them – Culture, Exercise, Food, Work, Weather, Money – etc. I find it easier to focus that way. Anyone else have any methods they’d like to share?

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So grateful! Old habits are hard to break and good habits are hard to make. Thanks so much for the structure and the help!! -Zelder

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Log in everyday and keep writing!! -Zelder

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Joining 750words.com and writing everyday for over three months now has been incredible. Since making this commitment and keeping it, I’ve got a regular “column” with over 50 entries (also known as a blog but I like calling it a column). Plus I’ve launched a website. And the coolest news of all is I’ve recently been hired to join the writing team for a NY Times bestselling author. All from committing to writing 750 words everyday and following through~no matter what. Joining 750words.com has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made! Although I’ve called myself a writer for many years, now I’m actually living a writer’s life. Thanks for this awesome space! “A writer is one who writes.” Dorothea Brande

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This site is giving me a place to get clear. It offers me a place to put my words without having to look at my handwriting. I am getting closer to taking the challenge in July ( I can’t handle anything that goes down the shame road, so I have to be ready) and to that and for that I toast with my cup of joe. May it in some small way serve you and keep you happy. Cheers!

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This site is awesome. It is a buzzing in my life that needs feeding. I am at a level, even with only a 5 day streak, where I feel I NEED to write, need the stream of consciousness more than formal writing. The stream has given birth to numerous spin-off stories and essays. After, as if therapy, I like to go over my stats and see what is where (though I still do not think I am so concerned with death).
So I would say, if you want to turn writing into a craving, use this site!

O

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I was wondering if we can have a floating word counter throughout the page instead of just at the bottom. I am writing, and writing passionately, and I always to scroll down to get the total. Other than that, perhaps be able to adjust the margin on the screen?
Great, wondrous, bliss.

O

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In recent times, this site has been a refuge, a place of comfort, a place of private expression and a place to vent and express profound grief at a time when I could not tell any one how I was feeling. I’m grateful that I can write out my thoughts and work through issues. Being able to write freely in private has been invaluable.
I’ve been coming to this site for some time and although I’m not a consistent visitor, I am an appreciative one.
Thank you.

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Don’t count scheduled time off toward your existing streak. I’ve had to take some days off lately due to work and other obligations so reaching a 30 day streak tomorrow will not be as meaningful since those days off apparently count toward the streak. I feel like I’m cheating the system somehow, not my intention at all!

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I’m not sure how sane I would be without this site. And while the bounties aren’t a big part of it, they’re a part I can use to entice others. So go forth, write, and conquer.

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thanks. Just thanks.

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Today I’ve written my 750 session on 750words, with 750,326 words written on those two years. First streak of 540 days and the second (and going) of 210.

All this has happened so fast, but not a million words would suffice to express my gratitude to you guys for keeping this site up and healthy. I know I could write everywhere now that everyday writing is so inside me, but I hope I’ll be coming here everyday for a long time.

Thanks!!
Jorge

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I recently slipped in my streak status, falling from 80-something back down to zero. Last year I would have been crushed but this year I am humbled. I’ve learned from writing daily (or at least more consistently) that this is a way for me to get clear on life, desires, needs, and all the things we cannot change regardless of the aforementioned. I am ever grateful for this space, which allows me to hash out my daily life, write meaningful blog posts, take a look at the bigger picture of life, or all of the above on any given day.

Buster, you are a Saint for creating this site and I am ever grateful.

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I had no idea there was a bounty for the one month challenge :) Now I want to finish it even more.

Good luck, fellow 750words addicts!

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Just more badges :) The existing ones are awesome, but I’d like to see more of them. More granularity in the streak ones for example!

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Phoenix.

Hey, Andy from the UK. Thank you for your write-up. It was cute how very organized you were in sharing your trials then your resolution.

I had a 58 day streak going, then I lost it, and I was like: ‘Ugh! I don’t want to have to start over!’ But that didn’t matter. What was in front of me was that I was starting over, whether I wanted to, or not.

And I learned from my 58-day streak. I learned I could go 58 days, and I learned that if I let my writing slide, then the day gets in the way, and then I get tired, and no matter how much I want to write before midnight, sleep still one, at least one day in 58. So, now, I write the very first thing. I know if I write starting right after midnight and get in my 750+ words, then that’s one thing that I did that I said I would do for the day, and it makes the rest of the day so much better. And, when I don’t do that, when I do sleep earlier, which is occasionally, then the first thing I do when I wake up is weigh myself, take my vitamins, drink my orange juice, and write, and write until I’m done, and write before my self-imposed 9 am deadline.

And when I don’t do that, which is these last two days, then I have from 9 am until midnight to get in 750 words.

AND … I have a sense of urgency about it. I have 102 days on this streak, and I’m not interested in breaking it this time.

So, I write.

And I enjoy it, when I get it done in a timely fashion, and I enjoy it when I have 15 more hours to get it done.

So, I’m enjoying writing, very much now.

I have something to compare it to: I took more than a year off from writing, and I just bottled all these thoughts and feelings inside, and I was irritable and unpleasant to be around. My fault, and I knew what to do about it. And I didn’t. For a year. Then a reader of my story “My Sister Rosalie,” ‘demanded’ I get back to it or all kinds of ill-wishes would come my way.

So I wrote the next chapter, chapter 56, and it was terrible. But it was 10k words, and it was a start, and now I’m working on ch 79, and I’m happy again. I’m writing again, and touching people’s lives, where they are, and giving them something to read and to enjoy with the promise, God willing, that they’ll have something to look forward to in that next chapter forthcoming and in the next book when I finish this one.

And 750words.com keeps me on track, writing, every day, a little something to keep this story going, to keep me going, and to keep hope, enjoyment, anticipation alive in my readers.

It’s a very, very good thing, writing, then sharing it, then knowing that you’ve touched people’s hearts.

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Phoenix.

Hey, Andy from the UK. Thank you for your write-up. It was cute how very organized you were in sharing your trials then your resolution.

I had a 58 day streak going, then I lost it, and I was like: ‘Ugh! I don’t want to have to start over!’ But that didn’t matter. What was in front of me was that I was starting over, whether I wanted to, or not.

And I learned from my 58-day streak. I learned I could go 58 days, and I learned that if I let my writing slide, then the day gets in the way, and then I get tired, and no matter how much I want to write before midnight, sleep still one, at least one day in 58. So, now, I write the very first thing. I know if I write starting right after midnight and get in my 750+ words, then that’s one thing that I did that I said I would do for the day, and it makes the rest of the day so much better. And, when I don’t do that, when I do sleep earlier, which is occasionally, then the first thing I do when I wake up is weigh myself, take my vitamins, drink my orange juice, and write, and write until I’m done, and write before my self-imposed 9 am deadline.

And when I don’t do that, which is these last two days, then I have from 9 am until midnight to get in 750 words.

AND … I have a sense of urgency about it. I have 102 days on this streak, and I’m not interested in breaking it this time.

So, I write.

And I enjoy it, when I get it done in a timely fashion, and I enjoy it when I have 15 more hours to get it done.

So, I’m enjoying writing, very much now.

I have something to compare it to: I took more than a year off from writing, and I just bottled all these thoughts and feelings inside, and I was irritable and unpleasant to be around. My fault, and I knew what to do about it. And I didn’t. For a year. Then a reader of my story “My Sister Rosalie,” ‘demanded’ I get back to it or all kinds of ill-wishes would come my way.

So I wrote the next chapter, chapter 56, and it was terrible. But it was 10k words, and it was a start, and now I’m working on ch 79, and I’m happy again. I’m writing again, and touching people’s lives, where they are, and giving them something to read and to enjoy with the promise, God willing, that they’ll have something to look forward to in that next chapter forthcoming and in the next book when I finish this one.

And 750words.com keeps me on track, writing, every day, a little something to keep this story going, to keep me going, and to keep hope, enjoyment, anticipation alive in my readers.

It’s a very, very good thing, writing, then sharing it, then knowing that you’ve touched people’s hearts.

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750 has been an awesome experience for me. Writing has been a long time goal of mine and writing daily makes me feel empowered to try things such as NaNoWriMo or to write creatively or poetry. I’ve been pairing 750 with writing prompt sites and with correspondences I write to friends. It’s nice to have one place to put all my writing and one place where writing is secure and the pressure of writing for an audience is off. It’s a great way to test ideas. I love this site!

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I love my badges and brag about them to people who don’t know what I’m talking about. I may list some on my resume…

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I find the badges FAR more motivating than I expected to when I started on this site; actually to kind of a bizarre extent. I’d love to see more of them!

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I have been using this site to “feed myself first” and writing my 750words a day, before my to do list, the dishes, whatever keeps me focused and happy. Thanks.

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This place is my refuge. Thank you for being here.