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It's an android app called Writeometer. I love it because you can set writing alarms to go off whenever you want a little push to get the day's writing done. Also, it has a thesaurus and pomodoro timer.

I can relate. On an average day I've been able to get myself good at doing at least 350 words without any coercion. I set a really low goal so that I can get it done, and then everything after that is bonus!

One thing I found helpful was setting a timer, eg. I'd set it for 30 minutes with a goal wordcount (also pretty low). Write-o-meter is an android app that can be realllly helpful.

Sometimes I can't even make myself commit to having a timer, though, because it can feel like too much. Generally I'll start shaving off distractions (computer/phone on air plane mode etc.).

Most of all, I usually make sure it's not the last thing I do before bed. It does often get pushed until late at night, but I always do it before my bath and reading time, so it means if I don't write, I lose my reading/relaxing time.

If you can't think of anything just go ahead with your AUs and offshoots. Just get those baseline words. Sometimes freewriting can break that barrier and finally get you into the "mode." It can be best some days to have a page of trash that you'll throw out and then a page of good writing on your actual project.

I didn't even know I had ADHD until about two ago, so it was weird to find I'd already made all these coping strategies for it. The other comment here says most of what I have a bit more concisely!

Going pretty tragically so far. I thought I'd have the upperhand because I'm familiar with all kinds of discipline tricks for Nanowrimo, so I thought, how different could AcWriMo be? So set up a bunch of writing goals, pomodoros, and reminder alarms throughout the day (the app I use is Writeometer, in case it helps anyone else) to force myself to keep up the writing schedule, and that worked only for the first couple of days.

Now my phone scolds me every few hours for not meeting my writing goals, and I feel too guilty to make the notifications go away.

Yo I'm in grad school and this problem is my life. What helped somewhat to get myself working was the pomodoro technique, where I set a timer for 25 minutes, force myself to sit down and start a draft. I use an android app Writeometer, but any timer will do. It's like pulling teeth for the first fifteen minutes or so, and then I sink into the 'zone', that magical mindset where the mental block is lifted and words actually appear on paper. This doesn't always happen, maybe only a quarter of the pomodoro sessions I subject myself to. Recently I've been trying to graduate from writing science to writing creative fiction, and found that the whole self-discipline thing gets better with practice.

Kudos to you for struggling to write, which is always the first step.

Even if you're going for 40,000 rather than 50,000, it would be really helpful to sign up for NaNoWriMo. If you're not familiar with it, it sends out lots of helpful encouragements from professional writers, and gives you a nice way of charting your daily progress.

Also if you have an android phone you can get the Writeometer app which is essentially a highly customizable version of the NaNo stats. You set your starting date, finishing date, target words per day, and can even set daily reminders at certain times to start a timer for writing.

God, I've used a large assortment... All are free, if I recall correctly, as well.

Quoll Writer is what I used in 2014 for organization. It allows for chapter separation, character mini-profiles, has an idea board... It's honestly a good time. Lots of distractions, though.

FocusWriter is an awesome distractions-free program that you can customize the workspace. I absolutely love it.

Evernote is great for taking notes, it syncs to a cloud and there's also a mobile app. It allows you to edit any note, anywhere-- so long as you have internet or data, and even without, lots of notes are still editable. Otherwise, you can use it on PC and edit at any time.

Forest is a way to force yourself to stay on task. Available on both mobile and as a chrome extension, you plant a tree when you want to write and if you go to a different app or tab that isn't whitelisted before the time is up, you kill the tree. Guilt-tripping you into staying focussed.

Writometer is a way to track your daily writing progress and calculate your presumed finish date, should you remember to update your word count! As far as I know it's only a mobile app, sadly. It's motivated me to work, though!

Google Docs is what I've been using to write recently because I write just before sleeping, typically on my phone, because I forget to write on my PC. Free and syncs to a cloud. I typically copy/paste my work into FocusWriter after, though.

Google Sheets is what I use for organizing my characters, timelines, etc., and I recently released a spreadsheet for free use. I'm currently working on producing one for locations due to a few requests, but it works wonderfully for my needs.

LibreOffice is similar to Word, it's nothing special but something you can give a shot. My computer didn't come with word, so I downloaded this.

I also use an assortment of random name generators like this one for random on-the-fly names, this one for more fantasy-type name ideas.

I'm sure I've used more, but these are the only ones I can think of at the moment. Hopefully they help in some way! ❤��❤