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by ButWhatFor 2059 days ago
I find that the “two minute rule” works pretty well.

Whatever you want to do, set a timer for two minutes. Hit start and do that thing for two minutes and really beleive that after two minutes you can stop.

Once you get going you rarely stop after two minutes. But telling your brain only twos minutes, and let’s see what happens, kind of let’s your brain give you two minutes to focus.

Oh, and go write without a computer. Get a pen and paper and leave ur phone on your desk - go somewhere else. You get to sit there and either write or do nothing. That tends to help too.

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Yes! That's the reason we created the Call of Writing app [0]. You can set timer ranging from 1 minute to 60 minutes or 75 words to 1500 words. You can't pause until the end. It's much like (and inspired) the Most Dangerous Writing App. It's available on Web [0], iOS [1] and Android [2].

[0] https://callofwriting.com/

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.streetwrit...

[2] https://apps.apple.com/app/id1536533658

Pardon any bugs though. It's not the most tested app in the world.

Nice app! Both my partner and I liked it a lot. Heads up, there’s a typo in your “share” copy:

Have you checked out this amazing writing app? It has been helping me alot with my writing. Try it out! I am sure you will love it!

Download from App Store itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id1536533658