Validation and Motivation: How Gamifying the Writing Process Helps Me Work by Emma Boddy
Validation and Motivation: How Gamifying the Writing Process Helps Me Work written by Emma Boddy If there is one thing I know about myself as a person--writer, I mean writer--it is that I love validation. Being told I am doing a good job and am making progress is objectively amazing and I live for those moments from my professors and advisors. But as I faced down the daunting task of writing my thesis, I knew that I wanted to set myself up for success; in other words, I wanted to figure out a way to find validation, motivation, and a way to keep track of my progress for myself. Enter: 4thewords, a roleplaying game/writing platform where you can battle monsters, complete quests, and explore a magical world by writing. The premise is pretty simple: there is a fantasy world where monsters have taken over and you are a new warrior learning to fight them. Your quests prompt you to battle different types of monsters, all of which can be defeated by hitting a certain n...