The yr is coming to an finish, and with it, I proceed an annual custom of writing a x phrases about x piece. This yr, which means making an attempt to cram the yr 2022 into 2,022 phrases. As you may think, that’s quite a bit. I often write 5,000-6,000 phrases after which need to ruthlessly edit it all the way down to attempt to hit my phrase cap. A part of the problem, although, is to re-live all of the highs and lows of the yr with out getting overwhelmed. The trick is to maintain your fingers shifting it doesn’t matter what. And just lately, I discovered an app for that, which I’d like to share with y’all. ’tis the season, in any case.
As a author, you’ll usually end up reaching for the save button. It’s your lifeline, in any case. A brief energy reduce or a pc snafu is all it takes to make your entire arduous work crumble to nothingness, in any case. However what if there was no save button? What if there was no staring out of the window for inspiration, no pauses to think about a witty flip of phrase, and no technique to cease for a break? What if this was just like the film Velocity 2, besides as an alternative of a ship, you’re on a bus? What if, whenever you decelerate, it explodes? Nicely. Welcome to the world of maximum writing.
That’s the premise for the Most Harmful Writing App. When you cease writing for greater than a few seconds, you’ll see your writing fade out of existence. And, when you’re notably sluggish about it, that’s the top. Your phrases disappear into the digital ether, by no means to be seen once more. Don’t choose up your cellphone. Don’t react to a notification. If the FedEX man lastly turned up with that parcel you’ve been ready for properly TOUGH, there’s no technique to decelerate for even a second.
Encouraging you to remain targeted and really an excellent device to search out and keep in your circulate state, the Most Harmful Writing App is an superior thought. Being compelled to place just a few phrases down each second implies that the worry of the empty web page melts away, and having to proceed writing helps hold you in your toes.
In some ways, the app jogs my memory of Nationwide Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), the place it’s essential to bang out a 50,000-word novel. Or one thing. I can’t keep in mind. Normally, I’d Google it to ensure I obtained the appropriate phrase depend, however I can’t cease as a result of if I open a brand new tab I’ll lose what I’ve written to date on this article. Argh! However okay, the purpose is that it’ll each aid you begin writing and really drive you to end a bit as properly. As a result of, properly, when you don’t end it, you lose it. And I don’t need that. No person desires that.
It’s not precisely a really superior app, however it’s a shocking and enjoyable technique to drive your self to begin writing and to maintain writing. It made me take into consideration how I write very in a different way. By the way, it proves that I’m, actually, capable of write for 5 minutes straight as properly, which is a reasonably lovely reward to have the ability to give to myself.
I’m additionally certain that the robotechcompany.com editors shall be delighted at me writing for 5 minutes straight earlier than hitting publish, pausing for simply lengthy sufficient so as to add some hyperlinks and a featured picture, however with out letting an editor repair my typos. Sorry, Henry.
