A colleague sent me this link - it is a space in which one
can write, and for each 100 words written, a kitten is presented. If pictures
of cats are reinforcing for you, this might be helpful as you write your final
papers in your classes. You can write the text in the box, and then copy and
paste it into your papers.
Link: http://writtenkitten.net/
Here is what I wrote in about 10 minutes this morning, while trying it out:
This is a great idea. I am going to share it with friends who like to write, but have a hard time getting to the number of words that they need. There is automatic feedback on the bottom of the screen, which provides a current count of how many words you have produced. At the end of the last sentence, I was at 53. What this also reveals is that it is possible to really write about nothing, a la Seinfeld, just see what happens when you finally reach the goal of producing a substantial number of words here: 100.
So now that I have attained 100 words, and found that a cute, striped cat was presented along with the words, "wored out, ur turn bees teh cute nao", I just have to write 100 more words. Or, at least attempt to write 100 more words. It's hard for me to figure out why people write things like "bees teh cute nao", since that makes no sense to me. At least "wored out, ur turn" makes some sort of sense. I must be getting too old or something; clearly the use of a semi-colon is evidence of my advancing age.
Okay, the black and white cat laying across the dog's front leg was worth writing for! It makes you wonder if that is natural, or photo-shopped. Either way, you can not help but try for 300 words now just see how it will turn out. In fact, in that last sentence, I changed "can't" to "can not" just so that I would count one more word than I would have otherwise been able to count. This is interesting - it is fun to try to add more words, and I find myself writing the exact number of required words here.
That was a bummer. The fresh kitten was the same as the first. I kind of feel robbed after writing 300 words. Are they trying to recycle the cats? Maybe they should ask people to send in pictures of cats from the world over. I mean, I would support that effort. Cookie is a photogenic cat, and I think that people would write quite a bit to see her in various poses with thought bubbles, or even without thought bubbles. It is interesting that I am now writing faster in an attempt to get to 400 words. Will it work?
Yes! Yes, it did work! A new cat was presented!! Nice pose, and things are "looking up" both figuratively and literally. This cat has very large ears. It strikes me that I am still really only writing about nothing. I could be spending my time working on my latest manuscript, or editing another paper. What am I doing? I am writing about pictures of cats being used to reinforce writing. I have also produced 475 words in doing this. This is equivalent to two double-spaced pages with 1 inch margins. Incredible as it seems, these cats work to reinforce writing.
Link: http://writtenkitten.net/
Here is what I wrote in about 10 minutes this morning, while trying it out:
This is a great idea. I am going to share it with friends who like to write, but have a hard time getting to the number of words that they need. There is automatic feedback on the bottom of the screen, which provides a current count of how many words you have produced. At the end of the last sentence, I was at 53. What this also reveals is that it is possible to really write about nothing, a la Seinfeld, just see what happens when you finally reach the goal of producing a substantial number of words here: 100.
So now that I have attained 100 words, and found that a cute, striped cat was presented along with the words, "wored out, ur turn bees teh cute nao", I just have to write 100 more words. Or, at least attempt to write 100 more words. It's hard for me to figure out why people write things like "bees teh cute nao", since that makes no sense to me. At least "wored out, ur turn" makes some sort of sense. I must be getting too old or something; clearly the use of a semi-colon is evidence of my advancing age.
Okay, the black and white cat laying across the dog's front leg was worth writing for! It makes you wonder if that is natural, or photo-shopped. Either way, you can not help but try for 300 words now just see how it will turn out. In fact, in that last sentence, I changed "can't" to "can not" just so that I would count one more word than I would have otherwise been able to count. This is interesting - it is fun to try to add more words, and I find myself writing the exact number of required words here.
That was a bummer. The fresh kitten was the same as the first. I kind of feel robbed after writing 300 words. Are they trying to recycle the cats? Maybe they should ask people to send in pictures of cats from the world over. I mean, I would support that effort. Cookie is a photogenic cat, and I think that people would write quite a bit to see her in various poses with thought bubbles, or even without thought bubbles. It is interesting that I am now writing faster in an attempt to get to 400 words. Will it work?
Yes! Yes, it did work! A new cat was presented!! Nice pose, and things are "looking up" both figuratively and literally. This cat has very large ears. It strikes me that I am still really only writing about nothing. I could be spending my time working on my latest manuscript, or editing another paper. What am I doing? I am writing about pictures of cats being used to reinforce writing. I have also produced 475 words in doing this. This is equivalent to two double-spaced pages with 1 inch margins. Incredible as it seems, these cats work to reinforce writing.
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