Jolt
Track your writing like you track your runs on Strava
96 followers
Track your writing like you track your runs on Strava
96 followers
Jolt is a new tool for writers to track their flow, focus, and momentum. Combining real-time analytics and motivation, Jolt helps writers show up consistently and bring their stories to life--all without AI writing or suggestions.
Jolt
Hey Product Hunt! Arvin here. I’m the author of three novels, and now I’m the founder of Jolt.
Even as a published author, I struggle with writing. Not with getting the words down perfectly, but getting them down at all. Motivation, focus, and momentum–these are the real blocks in my writing process.
Earlier this year, I realized that this is where LLMs could actually be valuable. That there are lots of other people like me, from hobby writers to professional authors, who need that extra push. This is a middle ground that “AI writing tools” aren’t addressing at all today: not to write for me, but to help me write in my own words.
That’s why today, we’re launching Jolt.
Jolt is a new writing tool that tracks your flow, focus, and momentum. It gives you personalized insights on when you’re most in flow, what moods you’ve been writing well in, and more. It tracks your streaks and personal records so you can stay motivated. Jolt is a true writing co-pilot for people who believe in their own voice and story–no AI writing or suggestions–but might need a little help getting it out.
We're launching Jolt in public beta with the goal of helping other storytellers like me write and finish their books. November has historically been National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), where hundreds of thousands of people aim to write an entire book in one month. The only goal is to finish a first draft. That’s where Jolt shines.
If you’re a writer or are simply curious to learn more about your writing flow, try it out at ww.writewithjolt.com! I’d love to hear what you think.
Arvin
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It would be cool to integrate a similar contribution tracker like on GitHub :)
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@busmark_w_nika This is SUCH a good idea. Will keep in mind for a future version :)
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@arvin_ahmadi It will be a good gaming strategy :)
Postly
Looks great! Just signed up. Congrats on the launch
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@juoemeka Thanks Emeka!
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@george_esther Not yet! We had a feature planned that did something similar (looked at when your flow dipped and shot back up, and helped you understand how you pulled yourself out) but we had to push it for launch. Definitely planning to explore more insights like that in the future though :)
Really interesting product! Do you have any good use cases for the insights? I can imagine the long-term insights of seeing when my best time slots for writing seem to be as the most useful.
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@mathiasrandruut Exactly! Right now we show your writing flow by day of the week, but over time we plan on mapping it out more granularly so you can see if you write better late at night or early in the morning. We could even break it down by moods, characters, etc to show what specific types of writing you flow best with at different times.
@arvin_ahmadi Love this concept—treating writing like the muscle it is! The Strava-for-writing analogy immediately clicks. That 47-day streak tracker and flow state analytics (175 words per hour) make the writing process visible in such a motivating way. As a published author building this, you clearly understand the real struggle isn't perfection, it's momentum. The fact that Jolt is explicitly NOT an AI writing tool—just pure focus, analytics, and habit-building—is refreshing. How does the flow detection actually work? Does it measure typing speed, pauses, or something else?
Cool. I’ve always wanted to write a chiptune