Don’t you hate when you sit down to write a really important document only to find that an hour has gone by and all you’ve done is look at pictures of funny dog faces? If so, you may need to take drastic steps to keep yourself on task.

A few years ago, someone took those steps, threw them into a text box, and called it “Write or Die”. The result isn’t the matter of life and death it makes itself out to be, but the site does keep you focused on the writing project at hand. In the developer’s words,

Write or Die is a web application that encourages writing by punishing the tendency to avoid writing. Start typing in the box. As long as you keep typing, you’re fine, but once you stop typing, you have a grace period of a certain number of seconds and then there are consequences.

Sound a bit ominous? Curious about the consequences? Find out more at writeordie.com and try the free Web App.