The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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Thank you, Buster!

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May you be successful in all of your efforts.

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This year has seen the introduction of a few new, very healthy, habits: Yoga and writing every day. Both of these things are healthy for the mind – helping to settle it in an era of nonstop action. For someone like me, having the Interwebs at my fingertips is a double-edged sword. I get lots done, find out about lofs of things, but my mind has a problem with its nearly infinite size. It wants to know it all!! 750words helps me focus back on the local. Every day (for the past 21 days) I get the randomness out, think about my life, and emerge better prepared for the world. :0)

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I’ve been keeping a photo journal/blog/what-have-you for the better part of a year. I got in a rut for a while, but using 750 Words has really helped me to get back to just enjoying the process and having fun with my camera in my little part of the world!

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What an awesome addition to my routine! Being a child of the digital age, my handwriting sucks and I never manage to keep handwritten stuff very organized. 750words is here to the rescue! The more I use it, the more creative and rejuvenating my writing sessions get. Thanks for making a good habit fun, easy to do, and infinitely rewarding!

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For me, this is one of the most unique and rewarding features. Adding and improving it will increase the already extensive delight I have for 750words.

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So it’s kind of awkward that, after making a huge deal about this to everyone I know both on-and-offline, I am already out on Day Two of the April Challenge. Shame notwithstanding, I resolve to finish this month plus one day of the next with no further gaps and to sign up for next month’s challenge. Thank you for this site and here’s to hoping I’ve learned my lesson about days ending exactly at 12am!

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I have a really noisy mind and 750words, being FREE and all, saves me the trouble of having to pay a therapist on a DAILY basis.

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After numerous failed attempts to reign in my spending, I’ve instead decided to just redirect the cash outflow. So….a couple of $$ to 826 Seattle sounds good!

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750 Words has completely revolutionized my writing. I have never been able to keep myself on a disciplined writing schedule in the past. With 750 Words I’ve been able to completely immerse myself into writing as a habit. If writing is a muscle, then 750 Words is a personal trainer.

I used to feel like a guy with an unused treadmill in his spare room. Now I feel like I’m going to the gym for my writing workout every day. God bless you, sir.

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I’d like to see the infrastructure of the site able to support hundreds of thousands of writers at a time without slowing down. Love the other features — but the back end stuff is way more important.

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I was a fan of the Morning Pages when I first read The Artist’s Way as a college student, but between my schedule and the rampant ADHD (yes, we’re blaming that) I could never find time or remember that i needed to do it. Upon discovering your site I realized I could type 90billion times faster than I write, and this would help me to do the morning pages. The excitement I felt was wonderful.
One month later and I find that by doing my morning “brain dump”, I have become far more creative. I use far more eloquent language when talking to others and I’m more descriptive, as the mono-syllabic clutter has been swept out of the way. I write more, I paint more and I create more, and it’s wonderful. Thank you so much for setting this site up and offering it to others for its use. It’s been invaluable in helping keep my head clear to focus on other things.

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dooooooooooooooooooooo it.

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I would love to be able to export my writing (beyond cut and paste) so that I can upload it into my wordpress / tumblr blog.

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Wait, I thought this was a place for a self-promotional note? There’s no link, I just wanted everyone to know that I think I’m pretty fantastic.

Peace,

Shane

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Thanks for the site, Buster! I’ve always had a hard time getting into keeping a journal, but this has gotten me the furthest of anything. It’s a nice mix of ease of use and stats to feed the other side of my brain. I will make it through this month’s challenge!
One thing that might be cool to make as an optional feature is to have a sidebar cycling through writing prompts. I’ve started working through the Self-awareness questions at http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/40_Questions_To_Improve_Your_Self_Awareness.html but once those are done, having something catch my eye and prompting a new train of thought would be nice. I realize not everyone would want that, though, so it would probably need to be something that could be turned on.

Thanks again!

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This is my second day on the site, which makes me the kind of person who probably will love it for a week and quit. But I’m already insanely addicted. Just writing for fifteen minutes the past two days—furiously typing out a stream of consciousness—has made me calmer, more focused, and happier. Also late to work, but, you know. Some things are more important.

It’s also the only place where I’ve found the thing I’ve been searching for for years—a word counter built into the word processor. Genius! And the statistics make writing as exciting as reviewing my running via my GPS program (runkeeper).

I’m assuming my response to this site is pretty typical, so this note is somewhat banal to the rest of the users. But I couldn’t be happier. This answers so many problems for me right now, although I can’t quite figure out why. It’s just great.

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This site really is a great way to feel like I’m a part of something bigger and to encourage myself to write every day. I would feel like a hypocrite if I didn’t vote with my wallet.

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I would love to see additional information in the FAQ. For example: how is the daily top 100 list derived (especially among writers with the same amount of points) and how much elapsed time is considered a “distraction”? Thanks!

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Buster. Thanks. 31 days. Zero misses. I know I can write. I’ve done well with it. But it’s been a struggle. This is EXACTLY what I need. I hope this becomes very profitable for you; it certainly has struck a chord.

Yes, I intend to make my April as powerful and happy as my March. This past month has been personally very traumatic- but 750 words has been a great positive in my day; even when i was exhausted.

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The end of my first month on 750words. I missed two days when I was simply travelling and offline. My commitment and follow through has restored my faith in myself. I am very grateful.

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This is a useful adjunct to the overnight technique of “assigning” one’s subconscious a problem to solve, and a convenient way to develop a thought-capture habit, with no temptation to polish because, short of copying and pasting elsewhere, what gets typed here stays here.

Bravo!

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I love buster’s site. It encourages me to write each and every day.

I’ve been journaling in a book for years and also have used many electronic journals but this site gives me pictures at the end of my writing session. Now that is cool.

I like pictures and words together.

In the last three years, to augment my words, I’ve been adding small sketches (examples at the web site). The small, simple drawings have help me remember the feel of the event or day. I call this “illustrated journaling” and here’s how it works:

1) Get a blank journal
2) Carry it with you during the day.
3) At breakfast, lunch, or some other time draw something small that is sitting right in front of you as you relax.
4) At the end of the day, add words around the sketch
5) Optional: add color to the sketch (use watercolor or colored pencils, whatever)

At the end of the year you’ll have an awesome illustrated journal like no other you’ve ever kept.

…dave
Drawing is just taking a line for a walk.

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I hope you lose MacInnis.

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Dusty – would you like to swop names with me?