I need to show this program to a few people...as they don't have a "Draw or Die" variant for me I guess...
"Write Or Die" Application Punishes Lazy Authors
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Um...no...I like to have an incentive to write, but that's more of a hindrance.
Actually, now that I've thought about it for five more seconds, it could be useful if I were writing something for school. I do tend to goof around online when I should be writing an essay.
Actually, now that I've thought about it for five more seconds, it could be useful if I were writing something for school. I do tend to goof around online when I should be writing an essay.
Agreed. Installed on a friends laptop when I next see him. Also, possibly useful for me (right now i'm percrastinating right now to be on the escapist).Khell_Sennet said:
I will agree that grinding through the first draft is like willingly turning the crank with your fingers in a meat grinder, but this doesn't seem like the best motivator.
To be honest, if anybody ever DOES find a great motivator for that, send it my way... Best to just keep the eye on the prize and remind yourself that it's just a wordy outline anyway and about 80% of it is going to change in the next draft... unless you're far more awesome than most.
To be honest, if anybody ever DOES find a great motivator for that, send it my way... Best to just keep the eye on the prize and remind yourself that it's just a wordy outline anyway and about 80% of it is going to change in the next draft... unless you're far more awesome than most.
I need the "kick in the ass" to keep going and prevent being distracted, but how am I supposed to turn it off when I finish?
This is OLD. I used it for the NaNoWriMo last year (google is your friend) and got a fair bit of writing done with it.
And to all of you people who say its such a negative way to write and you don't want to write crap. That's not how it works, generally the best way to be inspired in writing is to write yourself. Pretty much all of the professional writers do this, and they heavily edit it afterwards to the "good" pieces you see today.
To make things easier though, you should possibly write more than you intend to keep in the actual story, so when you do edit, you don't have to worry about cutting obviously bad bits.
And to all of you people who say its such a negative way to write and you don't want to write crap. That's not how it works, generally the best way to be inspired in writing is to write yourself. Pretty much all of the professional writers do this, and they heavily edit it afterwards to the "good" pieces you see today.
To make things easier though, you should possibly write more than you intend to keep in the actual story, so when you do edit, you don't have to worry about cutting obviously bad bits.
I have read about old pulp fiction authors like Ray Bradbury who would sit down and bust out stories in thirty minutes a pop. They said that most of the their stories were crap but by training themselves like that, it became easier to write without falling to pain of writer's block.
