Write or Die Review

No matter how much experience you have as a writer, you have probably been faced with the difficulty of making yourself sit down and crank out writing copy from time to time. With all of the distractions that are available on the internet, it is dangerously easy to tell yourself that you get cracking on an assignment just after you check your email account, and then make a quick post on Twitter, maybe glance through the news headlines, and, well, those Farmville crops aren't going to harvest themselves. Write or Die breaks through a writer's natural inertia through good old negative reinforcement.

The way that Write or Die is simple. After reaching the site, you simply enter in your word goal and the amount of time you expect to have your assignment finished. You then select a grace period based on how quickly you expect to type and a "consequences" mode that punishes you whenever you stop working. The consequences can vary from a gentle reminder window to words being deleted from your screen depending on the mode you select. When you are ready, simply hit "Write!" and get to work. You'll be amazed by just how useful this little tool really is.

As an experienced writer once told me, writer's block is about as really as worker's block when it comes to churning out the sort of content that puts bread on your table. Write or Die is a perfect tool to keep those fingers tapping when you are finishing assignments that just need to get written, regardless of whether the writing actually sings. Even you are working on something more serious, swinging by Write or Die is a great way to plow through an section that you are having difficulty by forcing you to just keep writing until you come up with something that will work.

Dr. Wicked's Write or Die App can be found here.