by Hillary DePiano | Oct 22, 2026 | 4TheWords
TL;DR: The writing gamification site 4TheWords has released a new desktop app that lets you take advantage of all site features without actually having to write directly onsite. Battle monsters and complete quests while writing directly in Scrivener, Word, Obsidian,...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 12, 2026 | 4TheWords
Highlights in a hurry new free Chrome extension for the popular gamified writing site 4TheWords counts your writing on (nearly) any website extension promises total privacy: only counts the number of words and never the actual content take advantage of the writing RPG...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 15, 2024 | 4TheWords, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
TL;DR: 4TheWords is changing it’s pricing model on August 1st, 2024, but you can lock in the current prices for years in advance for less than the cost of a single year at the new plan if you act quick and take advantage of trading in your crystals As...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 8, 2023 | 4TheWords, Classes and Workshops, Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Keeping the NaNoWriMo Spirit Going Year Round NaNoWriMo is over for another year but there is still plenty of writing still to do. To that end, here’s a list of resources that might serve you in the off-season. Of course, what you need from a post NaNoWriMo year...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 14, 2023 | 4TheWords, Announcements
Gosh, I haven’t done one of these in ages. Mostly because of the whole issue with the new blog post notifications that I explained here. I’ve actually got a lot going on… but I can’t actually announce all of it yet so that’ll have to wait...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 17, 2022 | 4TheWords
4TheWords is a fun and productive writing game that I’ve been playing since May 2018 and highly recommend. It gamifies writing, making the process of building a writing habit fun with an RPG style fantasy game where you defeat monsters, craft items and progress...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
