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So instead, I am distracting myself with 4thewords. I looked at this site (which gets you to write by giving you monsters to defeat with various word counts) a long time ago, back when it first started up I think, and it was cute but I didn't think it would WORK for me. I certainly didn't think it would work well enough to make me pay for it, not even at $4 a month.
Well, recently I noticed there is an entire thread devoted to this game on one of my writing forums, and one person's sig says, "I wrote 127k words in January because of this stupid game." Okay, even among writers who churn out pulp romance at high speed, that is a pretty impressive word count, so I figured it couldn't hurt to give 4thewords another go.
And amazingly enough, it's working. I started the game 8 days ago, and between two erotica projects and two non-erotica projects (plus a small file accurately entitled "Bitching"), I have written over 10,000 words. Painlessly. Oh, this monster gives 120 minutes to write 500 words? Let's just do that...three times in a row. I am avoiding the rather daunting "2100 words in 10 hours" boss fight in favor of the holiday event, which involves defeating small (200-600 word) monsters for roses and "love dust". My avatar now has heart-shaped emoji eyes and I really, really want that rose crown.
In-game achievements aside, I have gone from struggling to force out 500 words a day, to easily breaking 1k per day. I just bumped my word count goal for the year from 175,000 words to 300,000, and according to my goal graph on WordKeeper Alpha, I am less than 3k words behind my new schedule. I fully expect to catch that up within a week.
If anyone else would like to give 4thewords a try, my referral code is PFXBS32680. There's a 30 day free trial, and then your first paid month gets you an extra 20 core crystals - almost half a month's subscription - and gets the person who referred you 44 core crystals (ie, a full month).
Well, recently I noticed there is an entire thread devoted to this game on one of my writing forums, and one person's sig says, "I wrote 127k words in January because of this stupid game." Okay, even among writers who churn out pulp romance at high speed, that is a pretty impressive word count, so I figured it couldn't hurt to give 4thewords another go.
And amazingly enough, it's working. I started the game 8 days ago, and between two erotica projects and two non-erotica projects (plus a small file accurately entitled "Bitching"), I have written over 10,000 words. Painlessly. Oh, this monster gives 120 minutes to write 500 words? Let's just do that...three times in a row. I am avoiding the rather daunting "2100 words in 10 hours" boss fight in favor of the holiday event, which involves defeating small (200-600 word) monsters for roses and "love dust". My avatar now has heart-shaped emoji eyes and I really, really want that rose crown.
In-game achievements aside, I have gone from struggling to force out 500 words a day, to easily breaking 1k per day. I just bumped my word count goal for the year from 175,000 words to 300,000, and according to my goal graph on WordKeeper Alpha, I am less than 3k words behind my new schedule. I fully expect to catch that up within a week.
If anyone else would like to give 4thewords a try, my referral code is PFXBS32680. There's a 30 day free trial, and then your first paid month gets you an extra 20 core crystals - almost half a month's subscription - and gets the person who referred you 44 core crystals (ie, a full month).
