NOW AVAILABLE in the **Obsidian Community Plugins Directory** and on [Github](https://github.com/akaalias/dangerzone-writing-plugin) ## 🔥 Dangerzone Writing 🔥 for Obsidian ### Quotes > “Elegant” > “Dangerous” > “Relaxing” > “Perverted” > “Your best friend” > "Your worst nightmare" ### Description Hey all, I’ve been a paying customer of [FlowState](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/flowstate/id1060276201) since 2016 and wanted something similar for Obsidian. It’s really fun. And stressful. But mostly fun. **It's simple:** 1. You start a timer for X minutes. 2. THEN, during those X minutes you MUST write continuously. 3. The catch: If you PAUSE for longer than 5 seconds, everything you’ve written is DELETED. Here's an example session:  ## When to use Dangerzone Writing - Use it to "warm" up your writing muscle - Use it to write that first draft however dirty and ragged - Use it to keep you laser-focused on writing ## How to use the Dangerzone Writing plugin 1. Open a note in Obsidian^ 2. Click the "Stopwatch" icon in the left bar to start the timer 3. From now on, the count-down from 60 seconds to 0 starts 4. Start writing! 5. DO. NOT. STOP. WRITING for 60 seconds. 6. If you DO stop writing for more than 5 seconds, everything you've written in this note so far is DELETED. Again, let me be clear: If you stop for more than 5 seconds, your writing in this note will be deleted. ^ I usually create an empty one, but that's not necessary ## How to start as a beginner If you've never used this type of writing before, I highly recommend starting with the defaults and an empty note to get a feeling for it. ### A few simple tips and tricks 1. **Fake it till you make it**: It's totally fine to write a lot of "nothing" such as `Well, I don't know what to write here. Nothing comes to mind. I'm sitting here. Writing...` - I do this all the time. You'll eventually find a thought that is interesting, so don't worry. 2. **Don't Panic**: Just because there's a countdown, doesn't mean you have to freak out. I know this sounds weird, but as long as you hit a key every second or so, this thing won't blow up. So, instead of switching to PANIC-MODE as soon as you start a session, just stay calm and start writing. 3. **Start small**: Gradually increase session time as you get more comfortable with this type of challenge. 4. **Learn to touch-type**: [Learn to touch-type](https://www.typingclub.com/) if you're not yet fully touch-typing and you're struggling with the mechanics to keep up. This is one of the most powerful hard-skills I've ever learned. ## How to personalize your sessions and fuse time To optimize your flow experience, you can configure your: ### Writing Session Timing Settings - **Countdown duration in seconds**: Default is 60s, How many seconds you want your Dangerzone Writing session to last? - **Seconds-to-deletion fuse**: Default is 5s, How many seconds until your text is deleted? ### Immersive Writing Settings - **Session Font-Size**: Increases editor font-size temporarily for a more immersive experience. Leave empty to keep default size - **Session Background Color**: Changes background color of editor temporarily for a more immersive experience. Find a good color at [https://htmlcolorcodes.com](https://htmlcolorcodes.com/). Leave empty to omit ## Successful sessions tracking You get a +1 🎉 for every Dangerzone Writing session you complete successfully. "Successfully" means that once the timer is up, there is at least _some_ text there (indicating you didn't just give up and let the countdown finish). ## Let me know how it goes! - How do YOU use the Dangerzone? [Leave a comment in the forum](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/dangerzone-flowstate-like-plugin-prototype/8776) - Got an idea for a setting? [Leave a comment in the forum](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/dangerzone-flowstate-like-plugin-prototype/8776) - Wanna share a story of one of your Dangerzone sessions? [Leave a comment in the forum](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/dangerzone-flowstate-like-plugin-prototype/8776) - Wanna share your successful sessions count? [Leave a comment in the forum](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/dangerzone-flowstate-like-plugin-prototype/8776) - The plugin ate your homework? Well. Sorry but that's what it does (See disclaimer) ## Thank you Thank you ryanjamurphy, roberthaisfield, macedotavares, afokapu, tristanbailey, lukeleppan, AutonomyGaps and hicsuntdragons for your feedback and support. ## Disclaimer This plugin is provided as-is with NO warranty that it'll work exactly as you expect. It's made to DELETE text in a note after X seconds of inactivity when you're start a session. Please do not hold me responsible if it does, in fact, DELETE your text. That's what it does. On the other hand there is always the possibility of a bug that makes this plugin behave unexpectedly. ## Related Part of my [[Obsidian Plugins]] such as [[Obsidian Journey Plugin]] and [[Obsidian Footnote Shortcut Plugin]].