Write or Die

{{Short description|Word processor website}}

{{notability|Products|date=May 2015}}

Write or Die is an online web application designed to combat writer's block by letting users of the application punish themselves if they slow down or stop typing in the application's window. How severe the punishments are depends on the mode the user chooses, which ranges from "Gentle" to "Kamikaze".{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Norris |work=PCWorld |title=Write or Die review: Write, or be punished for your crimes |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2048146/write-or-die-review-write-or-be-punished-for-your-crimes.html |date=September 12, 2013 |accessdate=April 4, 2015}}{{cite news |first=Carolyn |last=Kellogg |work=The Los Angeles Times |title=Not writing? There's an app for that: Write or Die |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2012/06/not-writing-theres-an-app-for-that-write-or-die-app.html |date=June 13, 2012 |accessdate=April 4, 2015}} It was reviewed by publications PCWorld, the Los Angeles Times and The Guardian, and it was most notably used by writers Helen Oyeyemi and David Nicholls.{{cite news |first=Leo |last=Benedictus |work=The Guardian |title=Write or Die: the software that offers struggling authors a simple choice |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/oct/07/write-or-die-software-for-struggling-authors-david-nicholls |date=October 7, 2014 |accessdate=April 4, 2015}} The creator, Jeff Printy, explained that he wrote the application because he wants "to be published and make a living as a writer."