Write or Die

I tweeted a little earlier today about an application called "Write or Die" - fancying myself as a bit of a writer (I've had a couple of short stories published but the less said about them the better) I'm always on the lookout for things that will actually get me to, you know, write.  Which, if you're going to be a writer, seems to be a fairly major part of the whole process.


So, being intregued by the thing, I downloaded it and I'm writing this piece on the application.  I've got the thing set up in kamikaze mode means that if I stop writing for more than thirty seconds, the damned thing starts to erase what I've written!


Its quite an incentive, I can tell you.  You can set up targets for time and for word count (150 words in five minutes, in this case) and then you get on with it, to avoid the punishment of having your text deleted.  Not all of the punishments are so severe, you'll be pleased to know.


Now, if I could only find an app that would force me to turn on Write or Die, that would be great...