Michelangelo

What’s up Product Hunt family, I’m David, the maker of Michelangelo. I built this because I kept losing ideas. Not because I didn’t care enough to write but because my best ideas never showed up when I was ready. They hit while walking, driving, in the shower, between meetings, or late at night when I’m fatigued. I’d tell myself “I’ll write it later”… and most of the time, it was gone. Trying to remember it is like catching sand in the wind. I tried texting myself. It didn’t help. I tried voice memos. It didn’t help. I tried many note apps. It didn’t help. They all eventually turned into a trash bag for my thoughts. Writing apps felt intimidating when all I had was a half-formed idea. And the blank page stopped more ideas than lack of discipline ever did. I needed something more streamlined...a bridge between my ideas and a story. So I built Michelangelo as a voice-first tool to capture ideas when they happen (scenes, beats, rough dialogue) without worrying about polish. The goal isn’t to write for you or make anything “good.” Michelangelo exists to capture ideas at the moment they happen, so they don’t die before becoming something. This started as something I needed for myself, but the more people I talked to, the more I realized how common this problem is…especially for people with full-time jobs and creative lives that don’t fit neatly into writing hours. If this sounds like you, I’d love to hear: - When do your best story ideas usually show up? - What usually gets in the way of capturing them and using them in a story?