#4thewords

[ckret2]

so I do most of my writing on 4thewords.com. It's a site that turns writing into a game: you get quests requiring you to fight monsters that require you to write x amount of words in y time, and get loot and win prizes and progress through several plotlines and all that. Great motivation.

they've just started their annual halloween/not-nanowrimo-because-screw-their-recent-face-heel-turn/winter event. And one of the quests—a quest that will only ever be available during this one event and which expires 44 days after you pick it up—requires you to write 250k words.

that's 5,682 words, per day, for a month and a half.

and, my friends, when I play a game, I am a completionist.

so goodbye everybody, you won't be seeing me until December.

(this is a lie. I've decided to count my tumblr posts toward my word count since they're usually worldbuilding & character development, so I'll probably be here infodumping to fluff up my daily progress.)

(and if I've somehow sold you on the appeal of 4thewords my referral code is ZIUQJ49028)

[larissa-the-scribe]

Me, logging on to 4thewords to do some writing not long after the latest NaNoWriMo news dropped:

no no nonononono--

OH THANK GOODNESS

[novella-november]

Okay, everyone kept reccomending 4TheWords, so I tried it out yesterday and it is just as fun (and useful!) as everyone was saying!

I wrote 1k words in just half an hour, and then did almost 2k words before leaving for work :D

I highly recommend checking this fun site out, and make an account so you can use it anywhere; I don't think it has a mobile app yet, but it looks like it runs just fine on a mobile web browser, so you can use it like you would Google Docs!

If you enjoy the Game aspect, you can select monsters from a list of options, each having a combination of Word Goal + Timers depending on the monsters "level"; every time you reach the required word goal, you defeat that monster and gain loot for your character, which I assume is used to upgrade your appearance and such.

I assume from a few screenshots I've seen (but haven't looked around the site just yet) that there are more optional social aspects to the game, and you can buy things to customize your character, buy house decorations, as well as different maps.

On the writing utilities side, you can keep writing even after you've defeated the monsters if you don't care about the game aspect, and it will keep track of your word count with a timer that tracks your active time writing!

All in all, a very useful and fun website!

I highly recommend if you need some fun motivation to write, to check this out!

[alt0stratuscloud]

draws your seawatt in an outfit from a game I play(4thewords)

hair and crown designs grabbed from this art by @mariorsomething because I LOVE that design and thought those traits would be a good fit in this drawing

dress this is inspired by:

[rjalker]

a genderfluid companion from 4 The Words who uses alternating she and he pronouns!!!

About Azadi: Azadi, a playful genderfluid being, didn’t get her nickname, the desert flame, by chance. A life spent acquiring rare antique items earned him that nickname: her red scarf, swirling in the distance, as he made off with your precious treasure, the flames of anger flowing in those tricked. When she is not trafficking, stealing, spying, or killing, Azadi cares for his bird, a white Papple, the last in existence. As long as you don’t tell her what to do, your head will stay on your shoulders.

[ID: A digital painting of a genderfluid anthropomorphic fennec fox character, posed with one hand raised so that a little grey and white bird can land on it, while Azadi smiles up at it. She wears a large sunhat with holes cut out for his large ears, which have several peircings. She is dressed in red and blue cloth and some grey plate armour around the waist, with a long sleeved white shirt, multiple belts, and a sword sheated at his side. End ID.]

Traveling with Azadi gives you +5 Attack and +10 Luck

There's also other characters who use neopronouns but I haven't met them yet :)

[redjayson]

does anyone want to be friends with me on 4thewords so I can play co-op writing battles 🥺

[ordalie-s-den]

The mommies are watching, the babies are hiding, the eyes are glowing. Sorry I don't make the rules.

Image credits under the cuts

Ousova: https://4thewords.fandom.com/wiki/Ousova

Batman:https://www.tumblr.com/artistica18/779395105007304704/the-brood by @artistica18

[vandijkwrites]

I put it in the tags of another post but if you like to gamify writing and haven't tried 4thewords.com before, DO IT. It is the #1 tool I've ever found for writing with ADHD and it is so cute and fun. There's always an adorable event going on during NaNo too!

During NaNo you can get a free month and other free goodies with the code wrimo23 and it gives you a free month even if you already subscribe! (And you don't have to cancel after the month to avoid being charged because it works on a pre-paid subscription model)

[taniushka12]

my laptop was lagging so I downloaded this little loading guy from 4thewords bc its so cute :3

[stabbyfoxandrew]

is anyone writing on 4thewords rn and would like to do a co-op monster w me?

in case someone does, here's the room code: LGZIX42595

[sassysnowperson]

During the whole Nanowrimo meltdown, the writing community website I am currently a part of (4thewords, a word count gamification site where you use word count to fight cartoony monsters, collect items, and make sweet wardrobe outfits to show off) has received MANY QUESTIONS about their stance on AI. So they just released their own clarifying statement. It really does feel like whoever wrote it was directly responding to Nano, and that response is a big old middle finger.

Some excerpts:

"We don’t use generative AI"

"We don’t train AI on your words"

"All of our art is painted by humans, our words written by humans."

"Machine learning is a powerful technology. But generative AI, fueled by the stolen sparks of millions, is not a technology we endorse."

"We will continue to use technology to help us write. But we must be the ones to do the writing."

[ckret2]

Hey! I remember you mention once that for writing you use an app the gives you achievement for writing certain amount of words. What was the app name and do you know if it's only works in English?

the website is 4thewords.com.

Since it's technically a website, it'll work anywhere; but it's written in English. It should be able to count wordcounts just fine for people writing in languages that include spaces between words (like, anything on the Latin alphabet, Cyrilic languages, etc) but I don't know how it processes languages without spaces between words like Chinese or Japanese.

It now has a free version, but it's pretty limited (like, you can only keep a few active word documents at a time), BUT it's enough to work if you wanna try it out.

[the-pen-pot]

Woo! Hit my 1500 day streak today over in 4thewords

(There were some days where I didn't write but repaired instead, but still. I'm celebrating ���)

[novella-november]

If anyone wants to join me on 4thewords for a 999 words Co-op/multiplayer battle, I'll be starting it in a few minutes!

room code is:

CLAVD17177

I have it set up so you are allowed to copy+paste in anything you've already written for the day, and 7 more people can join for a total of 8 players.

The length of time given to write 999 words with this monster is 99 minutes, so 1 hour, 39 minutes.

[jbankai89]

In light of NaNo's nonsense, I've moved my writing over to 4thewords, and I'm in LOVE. I've written more in the past week and a half than I have in months, it shares none of your data, and its perfect for ND writers, as it's like an RPG, and you get the instant gratification of fighting monsters by writing. I love it. If anyone wants to add me, here's my profile:

[furiarossa]

Wohoo, I'm on a roll, baby!