Comments on: A great tool if you’re writing on a deadline

By: Brad Grier

Brad Grier — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:32:15 +0000

Hi Christine, yes, it’s a great way to get words out of your head and on the screen. I find myself using it to just get stuff out, then, go back and polish. It does seem to be speeding up the process, but I’m not comfortable with this style of writing yet. I do like to pause for thought, regroup and then continue — Write or Die penalizes you for that, though you can turn those settings off.

Either way, I’m still going to keep testing it. Thanks for following up on the Tweet! Nice to know those are being read too

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:46:22 +0000

This looks a great way to get some writing done. I have to try it! I actually read your tweet of this post and favorited it to read later, so glad I did!

By: Brad Grier

Brad Grier — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:56:21 +0000

Thanks Ben,

And yep, post-processing is a must for Write or Die. I really like the way it forces you to spew everything out, stream of consciousness writing if you will. Editing, formatting, layout, all that can follow after you’ve got the meat of your content created.

Oh, I’d not thought to try Firefox’s spellcheck whilst writing. Good thought!

By: Ben Babcock

Ben Babcock — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:41:22 +0000

I’ve recommended Write or Die to some friends, although I don’t use it myself.

Spell-check and, for the most part, layout, are incidental to composition and can be left for when you take what you’ve written and past it into your word processor for revision.

Also, what self-respecting browser doesn’t have a spell-check these days? I just tried, and Firefox’s spell check works fine with Write or Die.