750 Words

This simple, free to use site encourages you to write 750 words daily. This may seem like a daunting task at first, but remember that you can use what you've written for school that day, personal thoughts, free-writes, letters, blog posts, journal entries, poetry, or anything else that you feel like writing.

If 750 words is just too much or if you're in elementary school, give yourself a personal goal of 250 or 500 words a day. You won't get a cool little check in the box above your account, but you'll still know that you accomplished your goal.

Besides the obvious agenda of inspiring my students and readers to write more, I'm also recommending this resource because it is super cool.

750 words gives you daily as well as lifetime stats about how much you've written over how long, the rating of your writing, the emotions and concerns expressed in your writing, and whether your mindset is positive/negative, introverted/extroverted, certain/uncertain, or thinking/feeling. It also tells you whether you tend to write about the past, present, or future, and whether you use sight, touch, or hearing to communicate your thoughts. It also gives you a fairly impressive graphic of frequently used words. Your lifetime stats will tell you your average words per day, how fast you type, and how often you get distracted. It'll also analyze your word usage and compare you to world averages.

For those of you concerned about privacy, I can assure you that this information is computed via pre-set algorithms and formulas. No one will see it except you and the person looking over your shoulder. (Make you look.)

If you use the site frequently and start to get into the habit of writing daily, your writing will improve slowly but steadily, and you'll have a chance to earn some cool badges on the site for your accomplishments.

So pick up that pen and start scribbling! Er, I meant leave that keyboard right where it is and start typing! Good luck, and have fun!