by Hillary DePiano | Jul 15, 2024 | 4TheWords, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
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...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 30, 2019 | 4TheWords, Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Start a writing habit Why start a writing habit? What’s the advantage of writing regularly rather than just when you feel like it? There are several big reasons. Build up your writing muscles The runner jogs every day to prepare for the big marathon, and daily...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 22, 2019 | 4TheWords, Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
4TheWords review in a hurry: While sometimes buggy (as you’d expect from a work in progress), it’s well worth the occasional quirk for this fun and addictive game that motivates you to write more exactly as advertised! And while the site isn’t...