Write or Die - DESKTOP edition now available!

This is freakin' great. Almost makes me wish I weren't using a typewriter this year. Almost.

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The word war feature is great - now I just need some worthy opponents. Anyone else going to use the desktop edition for word wars?

I want this, but I just can't justify the $10 price tag :( Oh well

~o~

If live gives you lemons, make orange juice. Let the rest of the world wonder how the #$%# you managed it.

Si la vida te da limones, has jugo de naranja y deja que el resto del mundo se pregunte cómo carajos lo lograste.

I will! Once I get this on my netbook I'll be good to go for word wars.

Just talked to Dr Wicked (over twitter). He says that it'll run on both PC and Linux, and MIGHT be portable (he's never tried it). Therefore... I may have my portable cross platform writing program. :D

Steampunkish nano wallpapers. Brown FTW!
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I just bought it. Thanks for making a Mac-compatible version!

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2008: SEVEN SANCTUARIES, 53,000 words - Winner!
2009: THE THIRD OPTION

I have it and it's definitely worth the $10... purely for the word war aspect.

(Yes, okay, I'll admit it. If I go online, I get sucked into the black hole of doom that is the internets.)

2007: Holding On - won! 52K/50K
2008: Under My Skin - won! 51K/50K
2009: Untitled 0/50K

I've been waiting/hoping for a desktop version of Write or Die for a long time, as I can't always be online.

I bought it almost as soon as it came out, and it is terrific! I knocked out 1000 words in a half hour today, about double my usual rate. It was all decent stuff, too, no gobbledygook. The prompting of the screen turning red really helps block the daydreaming and on-the-fly tweaking of sentences that tends to lower my pace.

Save each session's work to a new txt file, or append it to a single long one, too. Pretty nice.

WELL worth the $10.

Follow me on Twitter as @TonyNoland and at my writing blog: www.TonyNoland.com. There, see how easy that was?

Bought it tonight, already used it twice, love it. Plus, the $10 make 7 it euros, so that's definitlely worth it.
I didn't use the word war feature yet, i'll be looking for opponents on sunday ;)

NaNo 09 : Attends et tu verras [Literary Fiction, 57k+, Terminé]
Trench-Coat Dude [Science-Fiction, for fun and boosting wordcount]

Wow how exciting is this!?! I used it constantly but would be nice to have it without wireless, thanks!!

Writer, barista and homeschooling Pagan mother of 2 children, ages 5 & 9

I've gotten my money's worth already as well. I love, yet hate, the honking horn sound file. I average about 14 hours a week in traffic, so that one is particularly "motivating" for me.

Note: the web-based version is still free for everyone to use. I think everyone should try Write or Die online at least once. The negative reinforcements work for me. My word counts are regularly about twice as high when I use WoD, than when I use Q10 or any other tool. I would recommend WoD to anyone who has either attention issues or procrastination issues. If you don't require adrenaline to be coursing through your veins in order to meet your daily writing goals (good on you!), you'll probably be left wondering what the big deal is.

Anyone who uses this program will still need some other program available for editing, revising, and organizing his material once it's written. I still use Writer's Cafe and Q10 for this. But my first draft and NaNo writing will now come entirely out of WoD.

I find if you REALLY want to get punished for not writing with this program, go somewhere you absolutely HAVE to be quiet. Somewhere like, school, in the middle of the night outside the bedroom of someone who is sleeping, then turn up your speakers all the way and put it on normal mode. Now if it punishes you, you truly will get in trouble! hahaha!

I love Write Or Die and got the desktop edition yesterday! Haven't used it yet because I've been doing artwork and getting ready for a Halloween party tomorrow, but I know I'm going to get my money's worth out of it! And I can't wait to use the Word War feature. Really hope that my roommate decides to buy it too so we can battle! :)

I don't have Plot Bunnies so much as I have Plot Bunniculas... Mine go for blood.

Just bought it today after using the online version a bit. Really increased my productivity.

I just found out about WoD last week. I used the internet version, and it's fine. Love the productivity, and it helps me eliminate long pauses to figure out what I want to say. I wrote 2k in a little over an hour and a half. It would normally take me twice that long to write that many words.

If I continue at this pace, I should have nearly 10k in the first 24 hours of Nano.

I almost never bother with software I have to pay for, but this was completely worth it. Now I no longer need be chained to my internet to make crazy wordcounts happen!

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NaNo 07- The Januarian: 27k
Screnzy 08- The Mad Scientist of Brightwell Road: 100 pg. WIN!
NaNo 08- Six For Gold: 15k
JulNo 09 - The Cliffs of Thafrean: 35k
AugNo 09 - Woodcutter: 50k WIN!
NaNo 09 - Daughter of Paper Clips

As if I didn't already adore this enough - day one I decided to try for a goal of 6k. I sprinted the last 900 words I needed with Write or Die desktop edition, and then somehow managed to not copy everything I wrote to my clipboard before closing the window. Aack, of all the stupid mistakes to make. Well, today while I was poking around my hard drive looking for something completely unrelated, I found where Write or Die automatically stores backups, which means I just gained those 900 words back!

(Mac users, the files are automatically saved in ~/Documents/writeordie/)

So basically this is worth every penny I paid for it and then some.

I'm waiting for $10 of spare money to come my way.

I love the online version, though. MY best is around 1500 words in 40 minutes on there.

21st Century Breakdown
# of Chapters: 13 (and a minichapter)
# of Kisses: lost count
# of Times I Drop the F-Bomb: Lost count somewhere around 50
# of Things That Are Illogical: Lost count
# of Dream Sequences: 2
# of Sex Scenes: 2

This is definitely an awesome program. RIght now I'm mostly using it for the word count feature though. It's great being able to see how much you have left till you've finished in a progress bar like that. I've only had the alarm on it go off once, and that was because I honestly didn't know where to go (actually it was when I sat down to write, I had no idea of where I was starting at, or where I was going to).

Typically, I do not use proprietary software, but in this case, I'm making an exception. I love the online version, so I'm really looking forward to using this edition!

Aww... I desperately want this. Hmm, can I justify spending the money when there's so many other things I want to save up for? I'll have to see how NaNo goes. Or maybe I'll save my pennies for next year. ^^

2008 - The Portal - won!
2009 - Run This City - 17,306/50,000

Guns pointed: 11
Criminals met: 7
Supernaturals encountered: 14
Injuries incurred: 2

We need to set up a system where we can give out an ID for word wars. I, for one, find them quite helpful for getting my wordcounts done, even with random people. Anyone have a suggestion on how to do this?

@JP Jenson
There is actually already a thread to do just that in the Wordwars, Prompts & Sprints section. It's not very frequented though, so if anybody has a better idea...

I just downloaded the desktop edition and am quite excited about it right now! :D

2008 -- "Dead Stars" -- 74K (& Nameless Horror Novel -- 36K)
2009 -- "And Chaos Stares Back"

I've been using WoD for a couple of years now for NaNo and I was thrilled when I saw a Desktop Edition released! I think $10 (£6 for me) was a bargain!

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality

I was hesitant to spend money on something I could get on the internet for free, especially when I already have a NaNo program (well, NaNo + academic writing)--Scrivener (which is worth every penny btw). But, I decided to buy it and am really pleased with its capabilities. It's much nicer than the online version. At the moment I'm using it to do the writing and Scrivener to keep track of where everything goes (which is nice, because it means I can jump around past the parts that have me stuck).

Write or die is amazing. I had no idea I dawdled so much when I thought I was nano race-writing away.

Write or die! yes!

defilnitely!

A line I wrote years ago, relates

"I write to save lives, perhaps mine."

Thank you

Doctor Wicked

I first typed dr. Wicket

back to write or die

mispellings are so fecund.

journey well

write well

enjoy

Aisling Laurel

http://www.symbolicbridging.com/
http://www.aislingnano.wordpress.com/

I think the twitter integration is the best, but I don't know if everyone is aware of that particular feature.

Attention all! Please use the twitter alert system built in WoD -Desktop Edition to find wordwar pals! Until the software is developed to include support for finding random match-ups automatically, I think that twitter is our best option for now.

So, Write or Die is going to win NaNo for me this year. It's an incredible tool for keeping me writing. Even if I don't really feel like writing, the pressure of Write or Die keeps me up to date and working. Even if you just go for a quick 10 minutes at a time, I can chug out at least 500 words in just 10 minutes.

I had a friend make an absolutely horrendous noise and recorded it, saved it as an mp3 and set it as my custom sound, if anyone is interested in using it in their Write or Die -- Desktop Edition custom sounds, let me know. It's extremely motivating.

Hey JP, I'd be interested in checking out that sound. I'll drop you a nanomail.

MonkeyMind

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
~ Robin Williams

I'm in love with this program. I'm also using it for school papers and things during the month so I don't idle around and waste valuable time I could be using to NaNo.