The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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This is a great service that has helped me clear my mind.

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Currently, the number of words to write is set at 750 per day. I would like to raise the bar for myself to 1000 per day. Some other users might want to set themselves a lower limit of 500 per day (just to get into the habit).

Could we have some customization options for the daily word count threshold please?

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I am so happy to have found this site last July. I talked about writing for years, but was sporadic at best. I’ve been fairly consistent in the last several months and have completed three month long challenges, and barely missed another one. It gives structure to my writing practice and has helped me to sort out different issues that have arisen during this crazy pandemic time. I have told a number of other people about it and they’ve become members too. So don’t give up. It took me a while to get into the swing of it, but it has been really rewarding. You can do it!

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Just a quick note to say I have belonged to this site a long time (although I have been lacking in my entries of late) and I can’t say enough about how instrumental it was for me when I need it to work though my rough days – YEARS, do I dare say?

And I love how it is always available for me for the price of a Dollar Store notebook (which I lose all the time)…..

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It has been 30 days. 30 days of showing up each morning and pouring my thoughts onto this page. 30 days of feeling calm and centered after doing so. 30 days of feeling lighter and free!

Today, I became a member and I am proud to be one. Thank you, 750words, for giving me the space to express my true self.

Happy New year!

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The time it takes me to write 750 words non-stop is around 20 minutes. And 20 minutes is roughly considered a ‘flow’ state of creativity. So my advice is, if you’re not doing it already: write non-stop, don’t get distracted. See how you feel about it. Oh, and don’t stop at 750. If you have it in you, get it out. Have a break. Then go for 1,500. (It’s only taken me a few years to work this out. But hey, better late than never, right?) Thanks 750 words for all that you are.

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Okay, New Year and new energy! I really want to get back to writing my morning-or-whenever pages again every day. The last year was rough in many ways and it was hard for me to focus, but I signed up for the January challenge to motivate myself and I’m starting a new morning routine for myself. Thanks for being here, 750 Words and writers! May 2021 be good for us all.

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Back in 2021 in response to the longing to write. in 2010, 750words was instrumental in preparing me to get through NaNoWriMo… My goal this time is just staying sane. Thanks for the help!

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Jan 1, 2021. Happy New Year, everyone! Last year, starting in early May, I started to use 750 Words. It’s been so good for me, especially for coping during the pandemic. I will also never forget how UTTERLY TERRIBLE it felt when I forgot to write, on a day where my routine was all messed up, and broke a 140-day streak! I got right back in the saddle, though, and wrote for a total of 243 days total last year (also a lot of words!!!). The goal for 2021: 365 days. Thank you, 750 team, for devising such a simple way to stick with it.

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For years I always told myself I should journal. It was recommended by friends, therapists, etc. The habit never stuck until I came here back in early November, and I’ve only missed a handful of days since. I don’t know why exactly but thanks so much for providing this platform as it has really helped me through some difficult times.

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It was only in this past year that I started seriously writing, and thanks to this page I’ve written more in the last 2 months than I have in the last 4 years. Thank you for creating this website!

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Let’s just say that I suddenly realized that you have been prompting me to write 750 for TEN years! What a tremendous service and help in providing that “silent” nudge each and every day. Sometimes, it’s easy to take for granted. so today, I want to say thank you! Hope this New Year is your best ever!!

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Happy New Year! It’s been over 5 years of writing on this site, so I dedicate 5 cups to this cause. This is a fantastic site to build a lifelong habit, get grounded, get more in touch with your own thoughts, just to get it all out. I’m very grateful that this site exists. It’s helped me grow as a human. Thanks!

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Happy New Year! This is the year of creativity for me and 750 Words is my go to tool to start my day as a reminder to create. Blessings to all on this New Years day!

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I have been writing for 2007 days as of 12/29/2020. It’s been a great ride but now is time to move on. December 31, 2020 will close my writing here, but I will carry on on my own. Thank you Kelly and Buster for having this wonderful platform. Lots of Love Pam

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I’ve become lazy and defeated about my writing, so 750 Words gives me a daily opportunity to build a disciplined practice.

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A public API so I can build a iOS and Apple Watch app to show the streaks and send reminders.

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very interesteed in the page that analyse your daily writing feelings. would be great if there was a way to view progress. to see how much your mood has improved overall from writing and how positive you have become from daily journalling.

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I signed up years ago, have had all kinds of streaks and starts and stops and what not over the years, but I keep coming back here.

I think writing is a lot like, if not more like so many other things that require repetition, ongoing showing up, and that none of that is wasted in the long run. It keeps you loose and going on, and even helps to unstuck you even if you come here and blah blah blah your words for a few days…the main thing is to keep going.

So…

If you are reading this….good.

Here’s my point.

Keep going. See how long you can keep that streak going for yourself. You won’t regret it.

Happy New Year to all!

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Yesterday I broke my streak. For the second time since I started.. I wrote from 29.08.2017 – 27.12.2020 which are 1218 days. Over three years. I can’t even imagine things three years from now, should I reach that point again.
The first time I broke my streak after 435 days, because I was too stressed. This time I broke it because I was too relaxed. I started and simply forgot to continue.
It’s not as bad as last time. I wrote a lot of things I’m proud of in these 1218 days. It’s 2020, there could have been worse things this year happening to me than this. This just wounds my personal pride.
For a moment today I thought I could take a break. Start writing again on the 1st January instead of today, but I can’t. It’s such a integral part of my life by now, I don’t want to take a break. I’m not always motivated. Sometimes I write some stupid things ten minutes before midnight. But I write and I’m really glad I do. So hopefully here’s to another 1218 days or even more!

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I would love to be able to write on my iPad instead of my laptop.

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Although I have been with 750 Words since May 2011, and have over 2 million words here, I have never managed a huge streak . . . until now. On Christmas Eve I hit day 1000 in my current streak. I was so happy that I finally did it!

I have used this space to work through emotions, to complain about life, and very often to brainstorm for short stories, novels, and poetry. Today I worked through the death of a friend on December 23rd. So sudden, such a huge shock? Why was I angry about this? I mean I was sad, of course. But I wrote until I figured out why anger was part of my feelings. And writing about it really helped me to get a lot of what has been bottled up in me for three days out. Thank you for giving me the space, the opportunity, and the reason for doing the writing that helped me start to wrap my head around this tragic event.

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Thank you for creating this house of quiet rebellion. Your daily encouragement has reminded me to call myself a writer; so much so that it has become my new profession, during a year when doors were closing everywhere. Without this simple, compelling discipline, I might never have gained the confidence to put one word in front of another and line them up for scrutiny. Now I have my first ghost writing client – and you to thank.

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I’m so sad. After getting to 2,181 days in a row, I accidentally missed yesterday. I’m just so sad and needed somewhere to write this where I knew people would understand.

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So, it appears that actually typing is correct on Total Time but not Time to 750. So, for example, in today’s write, I got:

Time to 750:
00:38
00:50 actually typing

Total time:
00:59
00:50 actually typing

It appears actually typing for Time to 750 is just taking the value for total time. For total, I have no doubt I typed a total of 50 minutes but since I typed 1500 words, roughly, this morning, this should probably show something like:

Time to 750:
00:38
00:34 actually typing (to 750 words)

That would be more interesting, and more correct. Cheers and have a great Monday!

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well, i write in hebrew… and the site does not support that… i assume it’s the same for arabic and other non latin based writings… make the site avalibe to chose what side to write from.

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Hello, I appreciated this site when I used it on and off for about three years, but then I switched to hand journaling and haven’t really used this site at all in the past year. I just had to export each month individually from all that time. Please make a bulk export for people like me who are choosing to stop subscribing. Even better, an integrated cloud connection with Google Drive would’ve saved me the hassle of having to export at all. Thank you for everything, and so long. – Rebecca

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I’m thankful for this website. I’m glad that even though my writing isn’t that great, I still can record some information in this website, consistently, and over time it seems like it’s adding up. I’m looking forward to reading these pages later and cringing, hopefully because my writing would have improved a bit by then.

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I have been a 750words.com member since before 2013, and I find it to be one of the most helpful ways to organize my thoughts, keep on keeping on, and to have a place to experiment with writing haiku.

I am thrilled to see a streak building, to collect all sorts of animal badges, and I appreciate the ability to use and track metadata. I love the nonjudgmental approach, and the knowledge that there are so many writers, worldwide, who are also logging in and working out their thoughts by word and sentence.

Thank you, Kellianne and Buster, for making this safe space, and for all your work in maintaining it.