YOUR MANUSCRIPT
IS THE COLLATERAL

THE WRITING APP WITH A DELETE KEY

Finish your novel. Or we start deleting it.

Set a daily word count. Hit it, and your manuscript lives another day. Miss it, and the punishments begin — nine escalating tiers of sabotage, ending in a funeral. Mercy is available. Mercy starts at $0.99. The price doubles.

9 PUNISHMENT TIERS  ·  $0.99FIRST FORGIVENESS  ·  1CHEAT CODE PER LIFETIME  ·  0 SYMPATHY

the_lighthouse_keeper.draft — DAY 121,847 / 2,000 WORDS

Maren had counted the steps of the lighthouse a thousand times, but tonight the number came out wrong. She stopped on the landing and listened to the sea argue with the rocks. tHe LaMp HaD bEeN dArK fOr ThReE nIgHtS, aNd ShE kNeW eXaCtLy WhOsE fAuLt ThAt WaS.

PUNISHMENT ACTIVE: mOcKiNg MoDe — buyout 1 credit
WRATH

Four clauses. No negotiation.

Your novel moves in with us. Every day, you buy its safety with words. This arrangement has worked since the dawn of organized crime.

CLAUSE 1

Commit

Pick a daily word target, 250 to 5,000. It locks for seven days. So does your manuscript — it lives here now.

CLAUSE 2

Write

Words only count typed inside DEADLINE. We watch your cadence. Paste fifty words, fine. Paste a chapter, we'll know.

CLAUSE 3

Be judged

At midnight, your day is scored: hit or miss. There is no "almost." There has never been an "almost."

CLAUSE 4

Face it

Hits build your streak and earn rewards. Misses climb the ladder below. The ladder only goes down.

Nine misses. Nine punishments.
Then the funeral.

Every consecutive missed day descends one tier. Every tier can be bought off with Forgiveness Credits. Or you could just write, but nobody ever just writes.

MISS 1mOcKiNg MoDerAnDoM sEnTeNcEs ReNdEr LiKe ThIs. You will hear it in your head. That's the point.BUYOUT: 1 CREDIT
MISS 2Drunk TypingInput lag. Letters stumble and swap as you type. The cursor has had a few.BUYOUT: 1 CREDIT
MISS 3Mirror ModeThe whole editor renders backwards for ten minutes a session. Export locks. The hostage-taking begins.BUYOUT: 2 CREDITS
MISS 4Dsyleixa SmiultaorWrod-itnernal lteters srcamble on srceen. Your txet is sfae. You jsut cna't raed it.BUYOUT: 2 CREDITS
MISS 5Character RebellionYour characters notice you've been gone. Your protagonist goes on strike. Her dialogue renders as "..."BUYOUT: 3 CREDITS
MISS 6The Unreliable improved NarratorPassages appear quietly rewritten, with margin notes: "I improved this for you. You weren't using it."BUYOUT: 3 CREDITS
MISS 7AI GhostwritingWe begin finishing your novel without you. Deliberately mediocre. Slightly wrong voice. It's canon now.BUYOUT: 4 CREDITS
MISS 8The Void CurseWords begin vanishing from the end of your manuscript. ~100 a day. There's a counter. It counts up.BUYOUT: 5 CREDITS
MISS 9PERMADEATHYour manuscript dies. There is a funeral. You are not invited to speak. The Wall of Shame is forever.RESURRECTION: $9.99

On the ninth miss, we hold a funeral.

A death certificate is issued. Your final unfinished sentence is published as your Famous Last Words. And your novel joins the others on the Fallen Writer Wall of Shame.

CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
ISSUED BY DEADLINE · CAUSE OF DEATH: NEGLECT
MANUSCRIPT
The Lighthouse Keeper
AUTHOR
@maren_writes
WORDS AT DEATH
23,114
DAYS SURVIVED
61
LONGEST STREAK
19 DAYS
DATE OF DEATH
JUNE 12, 2026

“She opened the door and”

RANSOM UNPAID

Every death is public. The certificate is generated automatically, formatted beautifully, and sized for social media — because your friends deserve to know.

Every death is preventable.Nine separate chances to write 250 words. Nine separate offers of paid mercy. One cheat code you've been hoarding since signup.

Every death is reversible, for a price, for seven days. After that, the Void stops taking calls.

RESURRECTION $9.99 WITHIN 7 DAYS · $19.99 TO DAY 30 (THE VOID KEEPS 10%) · AFTER DAY 30, BRING FLOWERS

HERE LIES

Blood on the Vineyard

12,408 WORDS · 31 DAYS

He was not like other dukes.

🕯 ×214 💀 ×89
HERE LIES

My Father's Lighthouse

88,034 WORDS · 204 DAYS

All that remained was the sea.

🕯 ×1,892 😭 ×640
HERE LIES

Untitled Sci-Fi Thing

3,217 WORDS · 9 DAYS

The ship hummed with

🕯 ×12 🤷 ×347
RANSOM DUE

Put money where your manuscript is.

Stake $10 to $500 on a 7, 30, 60, or 90-day streak. Finish, and every cent comes back — 110% if you take it in credit.Fail, and we keep it. We'll even show you the receipt.

  • Mercy is disabled.Forgiveness Credits don't work inside a Ransom. The only exits are the ones you declared before you started.
  • One skip day exists— the Hostage Exchange — and it's only sold at setup, for 20% of your stake. Insurance is for the confident.
  • Record the Oath, save 5%. A short video: “If I file a chargeback, I am being a sore loser and a lazy author.” Kept private. Used only if you make us.
  • Every Ransom gets a public pledge page. Live countdown. Day-by-day grid. Your friends can watch. Your friends will watch.
PUBLIC PLEDGE · DAY 23 OF 30
$100

says @sarah_drafts writes every single day.

1 HOSTAGE EXCHANGE SPENT · 7 DAYS REMAIN · STAKE AT RISK

Forgiveness, itemized.

Every punishment has a buyout. The first one is cheap, because we want you to know how it feels. The price doubles with each purchase. Resets monthly. Like sin.

DEADLINE · OFFICIAL TARIFF OF MERCY
1st Forgiveness Credit (this month)$0.99
2nd Forgiveness Credit$1.99
3rd Forgiveness Credit$3.99
4th Forgiveness Credit$7.99
5th & beyond, you maniac$14.99
Manuscript resurrection (7 days)$9.99
Dignified burial (shame removal)$2.99
Weekends back (monthly)$2.99
DEADLINE PRO — comfort, not immunity$6.99/mo
YOUR DIGNITYPRICELESS*

*REDEEMABLE NOWHERE. CREDITS REFUNDABLE IF UNSPENT.
BUNDLE: 5 CREDITS / $9.99 — SOLD ONLY BEFORE YOUR FIRST MISS.

Pro doesn't protect you. Subscribers still get punished — paying customers must suffer or the whole thing collapses. Pro buys comfort: weekends off, two credits a month, mascot skins, better stats.

Earn mercy the hard way. Credits drop at 30 and 100-day streaks, for surviving a Ransom, and for dragging a friend down with you.

And there is the cheat code. One per lifetime. It cancels anything — even Permadeath, even a failed Ransom. Spend it well, because everyone will see that you spent it.

YOUR WORDS ARE NEVER ACTUALLY DESTROYED WHILE A PUNISHMENT IS ACTIVE. THE TERROR IS REAL. THE DAMAGE IS THEATER. DON'T TELL ANYONE.

Your novel isn't going to threaten itself.

START WRITING UNDER DURESS

FREE TO START · 250 WORDS A DAY KEEPS THE VOID AWAY