Our first bounty is now officially over, and while some of you are anxiously awaiting the results, others are quite busy with NaNoWriMo. So for those of you brave enough to tackle NaNoWriMo, here are two sites to help you reach your daily  word count goals:

Write or Die

Dr. Wicked’s Write or Die is a web application that punishes you if you stop writing. If you are easily distracted or tend to procrastinate, this is a great NaNoWriMo tool for you. After setting a word goal and a time limit, you must choose a consequence mode. The modes are:

Gentle: Some time after you stop writing, a box will pop up, reminding you to continue writing.

Normal: A certain amount of time after you start writing, “a most unpleasant sound” will be played, which will only stop if you continue to write. (When I tried it, Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” would play every time I stopped writing.)

Kamikaze: This is Write or Die’s most extreme punishment. If you stop writing, your work will erase itself.

Written? Kitten!

If you are more responsive to positive reinforcement, then this is the tool for you. Written? Kitten! works much like Write or Die, only it uses rewards instead of punishments. After reaching a specified word count, you get a picture of a cute kitten. You can choose if you want a new picture of a kitten every 100, 200, 500 or 1,000 words.

Even if you’re not doing NaNoWriMo these are great tools to help you reach your writing deadlines, and to get you to stop being procrastinating and just write!

-Team Libboo

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