First Draft

Love the minimalism. At first it looks like any other word processor but it's unique in that it only shows the last 10 lines you've written, encouraging freeform writing, no editing. Reminds me of Hemmingway (posted by @joshpuetz and received 90+ upvotes). cc'ing a few of my writing friends: @natekontny, @mijustin, @bgadoci, @davidspinks, @nayafia, @adii, @nathanbarry

I believe this is built by @NateWildermuth

Thanks @rrhoover! Developer here. My biggest problem with writing is reading and editing my manuscript before it is finished. When I read it, I think, "this really sucks." Then I edit it, and I think, "this still really sucks." Then I often give up. So this little app is really customized for my experience. Having said that, it's a small app, and easily customizable! I'm open to suggestions and improvements.

@rrhoover do you think you would switch to this?

@liveink - I'm a diehard Draft fan so I don't see myself switching but I might experiment using this to write more off-the-cuff, unedited essays.

@rrhoover Draft has an API, so if there's interest, I can create an export to Draft feature. I like Draft a lot more than Google Docs, but Google Doc integration was a low-hanging fruit.

This is cool. Generally the hardest part of writing for me is getting the first couple of sentences down. I could see myself using this on days when I'm feeling particularly unmotivated.