Isaac Blankensmith

Asterix Writer - Edit your writing like you edit a photo

Not everyone wants a bot writing for them. But who doesn’t want an incredible editor to level up their own writing? Asterix is that tool. Designed to take away the drudgery of editing, Asterix combines a beautiful text editor with cutting-edge AI tools.

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Isaac Blankensmith
Hello Product Hunt 👋 I’m the lead designer behind Asterix – a text editing tool focused on helping people transform their own writing, created by a team that’s been playing around with machine learning in various product spaces for years. TL;DR Asterix is a free online tool for people who *have* to write and want to save time by having an editor suggest changes in tone, perspective, brevity, and more. It’s not a chatbot or a tool to write everything for you. Asterix helps get your writing from draft to done quickly. Backstory Amidst the excitement around tools that write essays and even books from a prompt, or that engage in a conversation about quantum physics, we didn’t see a simple tool for people who like to start with their own first drafts. We think starting with your own words is the only way to capture the true essence of a message. Our Solution → Keep the interface simple. The focus is on the words. → Let people start with their own writing–it doesn’t even have to be good! → Show that first draft edited in an endless array of options, simply by sliding the cursor. Asterix One-Click Features Enhance: Just like the magic wand in a photo editor. A quick glow-up. Still not quite right? Try Filters! Resize: See your words edited with 6 alternate word counts. Filters: See your words edited in different tones, perspectives, generations, and more. Bullets to Text: And vice versa. Continue: A helpful boost to add to your writing. Summarize: Great for creating the TL;DR Cost? Free. No subscription. Premium features will be offered in the future, but there will always be a free version.
Isha Varma
Love the concept. Will be a huge help in writing essays!
Jennifer Klepper
@isha_varma07 Thanks! We think so, too!
Leo Selie
This is slick, I love it!
Maya Man
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!! such an elegant and well thought through interface, can't wait to use! feels like it will be useful for those annoying small writing tasks where you want to ask your friend for an edit...
Jennifer Klepper
@mayaman Thank you! We love hearing what all those annoying small writing tasks are and how we can make them less annoying. 🙌