The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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I love the site, and I pour my heart out on it, and it’s made a huge impact on my life. But, I would love to know that it’s absolutely private and secure; including an option to encrypt entries (maybe after pulling out the stats which wouldn’t necessarily need to be encrypted) using the secret password would raise this site from awesome to perfect.

Adding secure connections would be pretty sweet, too. Sweet like swedish fish.

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I love the points feature. Keeping score for me is a way of tracking how I am doing.

It would be great to have point totals (for both the month and all time) presented as part of the daily summary when I do the writing. On the page, there is a graph, some info about speed, etc. I would really appreciate it if those point totals showed up as well.

Great job! Finding this site incredibly useful.

Thanks for all the hard work.

Randy

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I have never managed to stick at any kind of private diary-keeping, and anything I’ve written online in public has always been affected by having an audience.

And yet, for the past 40 days I’ve written 750 words every day without fail. I am a total sucker for little rewards like badges and points, and I’m quite attached to my little streak now I’ve got it going.

Having a morning brain-dump does amazing things for my clarity and peace of mind, and once I’ve started the words flowing I find myself able to write much more in other contexts than I had been previously.

750 Words is awesome. Such a simple thing, making such a big difference.

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It might be fun to have a list of different writing exercises. A list of different ways to spark creativity. Then each person could mark whether they had tried that exercise or not, and whether they liked it. Also, users could add exercises.

For example:

“Dictionary exercise: Pick up a dictionary. Turn to a word at random. Write for at least 5 minutes on that word.”

Or:

“Magazine picture exercise: Pick up a picture from a magazine. Describe the scene in detail. Make a story about what is going on in the scene.”

People could vote for their favorite exercises with cups of patronage. If an exercise gets enough cups of patronage, it might qualify for an achievement. If someone completes all the exercises that have had more than X number of cups of patronage pledged to it, they might get a different achievement badge.

This could be useful in sparking creativity, fostering community, and providing additional motivation.

Hope this helps,
David

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750 Words is great! My modmate (Hampshire College-speak for “roommate”) and I do it all the time. Her name is Aly Pilkons. She’s still in the April Challenge. I would be, but I forgot to write my words one day. But I still love the site! Wooooo!

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Thanks Buster! I love this site. I’ve only done 2 days so far, but I’m hoping to do this regularly. I’ve done morning pages on and off for over 10 years. I wish the habit stayed with me; your site will help!

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I love the idea of more badges! And maybe a page listing them all so we can see what we’re working toward!

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I love this site so there’s very little to complain about. The only thing is that there seems to be a bug where often I’ll be typing, and then go away to another webpage, and then return to 750words and then get this red “saving an old version of this page” warning — I don’t know how to fix this and it’d be nice if it didn’t happen because it’s totally distracting!

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This site is a revolutionary idea! I have found my creative sky rocket as a result of writing 750 words every morning. Not only that, but this writing is also a catharsis for me to get out all my frustrations deep within my subconscious. Finally, I am a poet, so this raw, unhampered writing style really helps to get the creative juices flowing for later poetry.

Thanks a bunch!

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Wow! I just hit a button and started typing. What an awesome and fun way to express yourself.

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I don’t know why, but i find the little badges ridiculously motivating. I guess that is why people play games like “Farmville,” which I have never understood. What happens after I get to the albatross? Will there be more rewards to earn?

Love this site – thank you Buster!

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I can’t thank you enough for creating this site. Writing daily is now something that I commit to and enjoy. It’s given me confidence in what I do and inspired me to branch into new areas.

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Go Team! This is my donation for forgetting to do my words last night because I was too busy enjoying the Wilco live stream and getting my knitting mojo back to remember. Small sacrifice of badge and contest for three hours of good solid rock music? I think so.

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Writing every day has been such an indescribably beneficial and cathartic experience, and this site is beautifully conceived, designed, and built. Thank you so much!

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I’m taking a challenge of a different kind, using 750words.com to overcome some significant dilemmas in my life. The initial work is promising; the test will be whether or not I achieve success! Thanks for the place to work this out, and the support to keep me at it!

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I want a mode in options that will make the entry page write only, no rewrites, backspacing, etc.

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Ya know, I had no idea how much crap there was floating around in my head until I had a place to put it. And it’s not like I didn’t have enough places, online and offline, where I could do that. I tweet, I have a blog, I have a poetry journal, I write with pen and paper. But there are things I don’t want to talk about publicly or commit to paper. Meditation and prayer help a lot, but there’s something about typing it out and knowing that it’s there to read back over, even if I don’t. 750words is like a perma-prayer.

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It has made me a better writer by enforcing daily practice.

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Loving 750 words. Personally I do it at night and have set myself my own evening reminder because it clears my mind of all the crazy thoughts that have built up all day and stops them spinning around my head and allows me to sleep better.
Thanks for the site, it really is fabulous :)

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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.