Creative Editor
Making writing feel normal (and fun) again
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Gabiro Arnaud

Creative Editor - Making writing feel normal (and fun) again

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Creative Editor gives you the structure to build a real writing practice — in an age where AI can produce anything but can't write for you. It separates drafting from editing — the two cognitive modes that cause writer's block when mixed. Four moods reshape the workspace. An AI companion (Echo) only speaks when summoned. Start writing sessions to stay focused, from drafting college essays, to articles, to screenplay scripts, to poems all year-around.

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Gabiro Arnaud
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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I write essays as a hobby, and every "AI writing tool" I tried did the same thing: bolt a chat sidebar onto a rich text editor and call it a product. The AI kept interrupting the exact thing I came to do — write. So I went the other direction. I spent a few weeks reading the cognitive science on writer's block and flow states, and one finding kept showing up: drafting and editing are two different cognitive modes, and running them at the same time is what causes block. Most tools make this worse by injecting AI mid-sentence. Creative Editor is built around that idea: • Moods — Blank Page, Messy Middle, Flow, Editing Grind. One click reshapes the toolbar, the AI's posture, and the canvas. In generative moods the editing tools are literally hidden — you can't edit while drafting because the tools aren't there. • Echo — the AI companion. Hover the top of the screen or press Ctrl+E. Reads your selection, responds in context. Nothing is auto-inserted, ever. Every suggestion is accept / modify / dismiss. • Flow Sessions — set a specific goal, batch your distractions, pick an end time. The app estimates when you crossed your personal flow threshold and counts qualifying days toward a streak. • Review — Hemingway-style analysis, but it only appears in Editing Grind. Same separation, enforced. 20 free credits on signup, no card. Echo suggestions are 1 credit each. There's a subscription with daily limits + supercharge if you want more. Honest asks: I'd love feedback on whether the Moods concept actually clicks when you try it, whether Echo's "summon only" behavior feels right or annoying, and what's missing for your writing setup specifically. I'm in the comments all day.