#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:

[redjayson]

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

[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)

[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."

[taniushka12]

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

[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 ����)

[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:

[ckret2]

o shit

[furiarossa]

Wohoo, I'm on a roll, baby!

[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.

[borealwrites]

If people are looking for a fun writing tracker, I suggest 4thewords! Kill monsters by writing! You don’t even have to use their word program, you can just copy/paste!

I’m not describing it well, but 8/10 I do recommend! It’s a little clunky on mobile though. Also it’s 100% free. There are paid versions too, but the free version works just fine

[creatively-storm]

yeah i think the best thing is to do the nanowrimo challenge, but without using the site. I just joined 4thewords and it's definitely fun!

Yeah, I most definitely agree! I need to mess around some more with the 4thewords mechanics, but it's been really fun so far! I'm so pumped to the challenge this year! This year I'm definitely breaking it down to 200 words a day at least, probably more around 300? Because last year was my first year of participating and I clicked 1,000 words a day. -_- Newsflash, I did not do 1,000 words a day.