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17 cups

I have been a member of 750 words for years..and years…so far back I can’t remember how long ago it was I came across it. I had been trying Julie Cameron’s daily pages and they never came out for me. But 750 words spoke to me in a different way and I signed up. Over the years, I’ve gone months without writing a word as well as months of writing regularly. At the beginning of this year I decided it was time to make it a habit so I started keeping track of my stats – days I wrote, days I wrote 750 words or more, word count for the month. And here are my stats for Jan – May: Jan: 8 days; 5,129 words, 3 days > 750; 15 points
Feb: 13 days; 5,864 words; 4 days > 750; 21 points.
March: 16 days; 12,454 words; 8 days > 750; 40 points.
April: 30 days; 38,382 words; 27 days > 750; 229 points.
May: 31 days; 32,290 words; 31 days > 750; 270 points.
Max streak: 55 days.
I took on the challenge to do every day in May and promised myself a steak dinner if I did – it’s booked for tomorrow.
I love this site – I feel welcome here, feel I belong, feel no pressure to do one thing or another.
So, thanks Kellianne and Buster for having it here and keeping it going. I’m proud to be a member and a patron and it reinforces my beliefs about how many good people there are in the world and how big a difference small things make.

17 cups

Since January 2018 I’ve only missed one full day of writing— The day my Daddy died. Two days later, I wrote but didn’t make it to 750. In the 201 days since the day I fully missed, I’ve finished my first book manuscript. Started two other books and continued with two that I started years ago. I keep writing. I miss my Daddy. I’m grateful everyday for this space. jmss

20 cups

In almost eight years, I have written over 2 million words on 750 Words. I’ve been off again, on again, far too often, but now I have another streak of over a year going, and I feel sometimes like 750 is the best part of my day. I write at night, so these are not my “morning pages,” and along with brainstorming for stories and poems I also chronicle my day or bitch about my life. 750 is the catch-all for my thoughts, and sometimes the real reason I keep up on my other writing. It’s great to have the goal of keeping my streak to push me up from my comfortable seat in front of the TV and move to the (less comfortable—I need a new chair) seat in front of my computer. But 750 usually starts my writing time, and is the best warmup I’ve ever found.