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The Most Dangerous Writing App — Don't stop typing, or all progress will be lost.
The Most Dangerous Writing App is the most dangerous way to keep yourself focused. Keep writing, or the text fades away and disappears forever.
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@rrhoover Which in turn is a heartless app-based version of the questionably designed but beautifully named "Write or Die" :)
@rrhoover both this and Flowstate are awesome! I just need something like this. These can be especially useful while writing morning pages (http://juliacameronlive.com/basi...) where you should not stop and think, just write.
I like the idea behind this and how it can push you to write more, but my 'must save my work' anxiety would kick in without the ability to save my work! Did i miss something? Can you save your work? Or is it writers hell?! Cute idea though.
@felixoginni ok. That sounds good but it doesn't save in a cloud somewhere? What if power goes or i accidentally close the tab? It's gone for good - like @stephenmarklevi said, its writers hell. Maybe it should be mentioned somewhere along the top of the page so not to ward people off from using it. It's a nice tool that can help with productivity, i'm sure. It's a little too risque (lol) for me at the moment but glad its out there for others to use.
This can't be a serious tool. If I end up writing Romeo and Juliet, and then pause for a brief moment, everything is gone? That's pretty tragic.
@stephenmarklevi Well, this is definitely not the tool for writing Romeo and Juliet :)
@stephenmarklevi Yes, it is pretty tragic. If you don't like that, I recommend writing The Comedy of Errors. Much less tragic.
@wyel I hit the backspace button a few times (editing my thoughts) at 4:56 on a 5 min timer and all was lost..
@mathurgaurav What I was doing is typing a random letter and hitting backspace right after (over and over). So it seems like only "typing" counts, and not "erasing". It kind of makes sense if you consider that it's made for you to spill out your thoughts, and not think about editing (which should be done later).
@wyel I understand and agree. Yet, I wish I had a warning before. It was surprisingly scary and especially painful lose out when just 4 seconds were left.
@wyel @mathurgaurav Backspace button shouldn't even respond to tap ... or if you hit it, it immediately eats 3 seconds off the clock like a time-trials penalty.
I tried to write something with a 'little' sense (in Spanish) and i get this, pure verbiage. It's hilarious and absurd.. funny time. XD
"Había una vez una historia muy interesante que iba sobre un escritor que escribía en una app de Internet porque lo tenía que hacer, porque si paraba de escribir perdía todo lo que había escrito, así que por ese único motivo no podía dejar de escribir y se pasaba escribiendo todo el tiempo hasta que llegaba un momento que no sabía que más poner, pero había una barra superior que indicaba progreso y parecía que casi había llegado a la mitad por lo que era de suponer que aún tenía que seguir escribiendo y escribiendo si no quería perder todo lo escrito. Por muy absurdo que fuera escribir por escribir, sin sentido, solamente por no perder todo lo escrito, antes de que la mencionada app se vengase por no tener nada más que decir y escribir, y borrase absolutamente todo lo escrito sin más piedad impidiendo poder usar lo escrito para otra vez, o simplemente poder volver a leerlo y recordar esa absurda experiencia de pasarse un rato escribien por el mero hecho de que alguien le propusiera hacerlo, sin parar, si no quería perder todo lo escrito hasta ese momento, experiencias absurdas donde las haya, que ni el propio autor que escribía alacanza a tener claro el motivo que le llevaba a seguir y seguir tecleando letras formando palabras demostrando una insana verborrea que no le levaba a ninguna parte, más que a lograr lo que se supone que pretendía dicha aplicación absurda que acababa de descubrir en el sitio de Internet Producthunt."
This is wonderful @maebert. Not only is the idea fun, but the implementation in terms of design elements is so beautiful. Well done!
@rohan_barman @eonpilot I just tried it and what I really liked about it is the visible countdown. I would love to just have the countdown that really forces me to finish my writing – without losing my work after a few seconds, since I need to do quite a bit of research between writing the paragraphs.
@rohan_barman it shouldn't be possible if you ask me. Or at least replace it with something risky like: up up down down left right left right b a. Only millennials will understand this ;)
@eonpilot @rohan_barman Ummm ... for the record, us Gen-Xer's BIRTHED this thing you think "Only millennials" will even understand! You kids think you know everything! =P
Pretty good way to start your day. This is good for 'morning pages', without the pressure of writing something that can be 'saved for later'. Just write, and use the ideas you get to write later in the day. Cool!
Pissed. I started brain dumping and got a good way then I lost everything. Everything isn't meant to be lost when dumping content from the brain no matter how nonsensical. Though I see the value of such a tool. I probably wouldn't use it often because its going to force me to write write write with no forethought or afterthought and god forbid I decide to research something. Stopping would be the death of what I wrote.
In the past month, I've been taking 5 minutes out of my morning to write using The Most Dangerous Writing App. It's been an incredibly freeing experience. Previously, I'd get stuck on one word or thought that interrupted my entire writing flow. Now, I push through because otherwise I lose it all. This app has become a bit of an addiction for me. My only suggestion to the makers is to add an option to be given a writing prompt to reflect upon. Often, I search for my own before but it'd be amazing to have that within the app.
Pros:Get out of your head and freely write as thoughts come Simple yet beautiful design
Cons:Zero.
I love this, and what would make it even better is if there were difficulty settings. Right now, it's just too fast! I wish there were easy, medium, or hard settings.
Love it! I see all kinds of spin offs, like a _more_ dangerous app that in which you must keep writing while maintaining a minimum speed of 50mph in your car. Strong work Manuel.
Hey @maebert It's a fun writing exercise. Having a countdown and knowing that your writing will be deleted is a powerful motivator to spill your thoughts on the screen. I'm not a native English speaker and it forced me to quickly find words.
There are few products that come across PH that I ever use past the first day. This is great. When I can't stop thinking about an idea, I open this up, write for five minutes, download the file and save it for later. Such a great way to clear up your brain and get the idea out.
I could see using this when I want to dig in and bang out words and force myself to care about quality later.
Pros:It was fun! I also lost on purpose to see what it would do.
Cons:Should maybe have a small sound cue as well.
I mainly write technical articles. I'll never use this to write a technical article and I don't recommend it to anyone writing anything serious.
I use this app whenever I'm replying to hate comments on Youtube. I never manage to finish writing my comments. And this is good. Great product.
Pros:Straight to the point. Does what it says it does.
Cons:None. Really.
Seems like quite a challenge. I'll try it, for sure. Probably ideal for just letting ideas flow, and then, from what you created, use other processors for a more solid text
Sucks to loose the work , but it was a stream of conciousness and nothing vitally important. good tool for writers block but not for actually creating work.
Pros:good excercise
Cons:losing the stream of conscious work, spell check/autocorrect doesnt work in it
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