Write or die: can't stop the pen of the writing applications

Writer Alisa Bowman in the article "how to write faster," think if we write faster, "can't stop writing" :

Put the word into the screen. Start not to stop, unless your mind by no word out in May. Don't because of spelling mistakes and stop, don't because of grammar and stop, don't because reconsider and stop.

Write or Die (WoD), is a let you "can't stop writing" application. If stopped a pen, it will punish you, until you write so far to writing.

Open application, saw the Lord interface, the left is some writing statistical data, for example, wrote a total of how many words, the number of punishment, many words per minute. And set project goals, which, of course, is to measure the characters.

Then start to start writing, above shows the countdown, characters and statistics. To the left of the characters will show every minute, looks like a speedometer.

In written after, can choose to save to clipboard, sent to Twitter, save to Google Docs, Dropbox and E-mail.

Need to explain WoD four "punishment" what be respectively:

"Gentle" : in this mode, over a period of time don't write, directly pop-up a hint box, remind you putting pen to continue to write;

"Tough" : a time to write, will play a music to urge you to stop playing music? Write to it;

"Suicide" : if not write, so will give you the hard think out of the words one out, write to write until so far;

"NyanCat" : Nyan Cat is a cute, never stop to Cat, a time to write not to come out, it will run out. But, have users complain, in this mode, the application in addition to show the cat beyond, would have no reaction, in addition to restart iPad outside nothing to do, but the completed before the draft all lost. It's hard to say if this is set to developers "punishment", and if so, the severe punishment enough.......

In addition to iPad application beyond, Write or Die and have the PC (based on the Air platform, support PC, Mac), price is $10. WoD and web version, basic function and iPad almost, can experience the "suicide" punishment is how. But web version does not support Chinese characters of the statistical model, wrote a long words, are counted as a word.

WoD conception is very interesting, improve the efficiency of the approach and OmmWrite, WriteRoom not, it does not stress is to provide a suitable for writing environment, but with the "don't write punishment" means, to force people into focus state and increase efficiency.

Many application functionality is not complicated, but elaborate design, let a person shine at the moment, WoD is an example. It is to deal with "delaying disease" edge tool, no one would have been "punishment", and no one willing to let their efforts reduced to zero. Believe that many writers, reporters really need such a thing.