Write or Die

So I happened across this application via Gizmodo. It is supposed to light the fire under you so that you’re feared into writing. I am currently writing this piece using the ‘Write or Die’ app right now.

When I quit typing it starts to turn shades of red outside the frame. This alerts me that I’m stumped and if I procrastinate then it’s going to delete everything I’ve written. It’s a cruel and harsh application.

I set the timer for 30 minutes, which is a pretty generous amount of time. Sadly I put the word count at 1000. I don’t have a thousand words to describe this mean and brutal app.

Apparently it’s geared towards college kids or writers on a deadline. How it’s working for them- I’ve no idea if the scare factor hinders creativity. For me it’s a little intimidating.

On the main page it’s just a box in the upper left side. It asks how many words you want to write in how many minutes. You have the option for the wicked creator to take it easy on your or to be super evil [well, actually it's just regular evil]. I chose ‘evil’.

If you allow it to go a certain period of time, as I recall, it makes a continuous annoying sound. I decided to step away for a moment to see what happened- and after 10 seconds there were no noise warnings, there was absolute deletion of the words one by one.

I don’t even have a chance to see if my sound is even turned on! This is truly the most evil of applications imaginable, especially to those who are on a deadline and who have money or grades dependent on it.

I think my major mistake was turning on ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ when I chose to try this out.

I’ve nothing more to add right now. I’m going to resort to writing small and frequent words in order to hit my target number in hopes of leaving the computer shortly. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment. My dog has fleas. Fleas have my dog. I don’t even have a dog. If I had a dog it would go against the tenant lease agreement and I’d lose my apartment.