Write - 📝 A writing app to combat writer's block, distractions, etc.

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Interesting idea - as a writing app, it would make sense to have: - Fullscreen mode - Colour inversion (or customisation) - Hemingway mode (no deletions) - Typewriter mode (cursor focused at screen center with autoscroll) - Markdown support - Typing sound effects - Concentration music - Export to... (Reddit, Medium, Dropbox, etc.) But most importantly, I'd suggest adding something to the site that tells you your text will be deleted. I clicked the link before reading comments here and had no idea my text would be deleted if I stopped typing
all duly noted, thanks for the feedback! hadn't actually thought about some of those possibilities
Take a look through some of the other writing apps on ProductHunt for inspiration. For some reason they all seem to have a subset of these + your features, but none of them are the complete package. I'm personally amazed that Medium doesn't release an editor with advanced features like these. I feel like their user engagement would go shooting up
this amazes me too
and thats exactly the reason whyi stumbled upon this thread - looking into what else to use, prior to copying into Medium
Thanks Gerald for hunting this! Write is essentially a free web-based version of Flowstate that I built for myself. For those not familiar with how Flowstate works, if you stop typing - within a fixed duration session you choose - for more than a few seconds, all your writing is erased. You can really do any writing with it but I've personally found it to be a really effective journal, given the fixed duration makes it easier to stick to a routine, and the pressure to keep typing gets all my thoughts - prominent or latent - out in writing. Happy to answer questions! Also, if you're into the technical details, it's built with React and the source is at
brilliant product, thanks for sharing it here.
thanks :)
As a fan of Flowstate, it's irritating recommending it to somebody that a) doesn't have a Mac, and b) doesn't want to pay, so this'll definitely be the site I recommend to people from now on. Thanks!
Happy to hear that!
This is really cool. Good for when I get a thought in my head and need to jot down a note before I get distracted.
This is a great alternative to Flowstate! Any details about privacy and security of content that we enter in?
the content is completely secure and private! it never sends any of the content to any external server; all your writing is stored locally in your browser's localStorage. however, if you'd like to export/store it elsewhere, the download button will give you a file that is populated from what you've stored locally.