where this comes from
The tools exist. The witness is the missing part.
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- 4thewords turns writing into a game of quests and monsters and keeps Streak Saving on its paid tiers — the streak is the product. source
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- Writers' Hour, free from London Writers' Salon, runs four times each weekday and counts no words at all; the fixed hour is the whole offer. source
Descriptions are taken from the pages they link to. We publish no figures of our own.
what a tracker cannot do
Measurement is not pressure
- An empty cell has no consequenceThe tracker records the miss and carries on with its day. So, in practice, do you.
- A number makes a poor task"A thousand words" says nothing about which scene, so the hardest decision still waits for you at the desk, tired.
- Streaks punish the first bad weekOnce the chain breaks, the tool that had been motivating you has nothing left to say and quietly stops mattering.
What a hundred days tends to look like
Replacing quotas with tasks. Awkward for anyone used to writing towards a number.
how it runs
Three tasks in the morning, one report at night
the shape of it
What a hundred days tends to look like
Replacing quotas with tasks. Awkward for anyone used to writing towards a number.
Replacing quotas with tasks. Awkward for anyone used to writing towards a number.
The first week where the numbers are bad and the days still get reported anyway.
A hundred reported days. Your word counts stay yours to keep however you like keeping them.
Three tasks each morning. One report each night. A hundred days of writing.
in pictures
What a hundred days tends to look like
the deskthe desk8 photos in the gallery
the pagethe page8 photos in the gallery
the hourthe hour8 photos in the gallery
the shelfthe shelf7 photos in the gallery
before you sign up
Reasonable questions
Do I have to hit a word target?
No. There is no quota anywhere in the programme.
Can I keep using my tracker?
Of course. The report is separate from whatever you count and however you count it.
Is there an app?
The daily loop is text: your three tasks in the morning, your report at night.
What gets shared with the group?
The report you write. Not your word count, unless you choose to put it in there.
When does the next hundred days start?
On a fixed date. Leave an email and we send it.
A hundred days that someone actually reads
Leave an email and we will write when the next group opens. No payment is taken on this page.
- Three tasks in the morning, one report at night
- No quotas, no streak to protect
- A hundred days counted by a group, not a cell
One email when the next group opens.
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