I'm so stoked you and nearly 100 other aspiring writers have subscribed to stay up to date on Blurt! It's incredibly motivating and means more to me than anything I could write. Thanks for following along! 😊

I'm building Blurt because I want to help you capture your ideas, nurture them and make your mark on the world with them. Let me know what you need to make that happen.

Below are some updates on what I've been up to. If you haven't read it yet, I wrote Introducing Blurt to help you understand why I'm building it and what it's aiming to be for you.

In the meantime, stay tuned and spread the word—aiming to launch on Product Hunt soon! 🚀

(P.S. I'm working on some special pricing and other goodies for you. 🤗)

What feature would should be next in Blurt? Use the Twitter poll to vote!

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🌚 Night Mode: Save your eyes. Write in the dark. Have received this suggestion a few times. It'd probably look pretty slick. 👌

📥 Email Publishing: Write, collect emails and publish directly to your subscribers via Blurt. There's been some movement in the newsletter space lately. Blurt would be a great tool to help you write well for your audience.

📈 Analytics on Your Blurt Posts: Know things like:

- The number of views your piece has received

- The average time spent by your readers

- Where the piece has been shared

- And more...?

🔥 Speed Reading GIFs: Wild idea I recently tried as an experiment and others seemed interested in it. I wonder if this would help make long form writing more digestible on social media feeds.

🤷‍♂️ Something Else You've Always Wanted?: Reply to the poll if you've got something else you've always wanted in a writing tool!

I'm actively working on Blurt. Here's some powerups it's received recently.

🏅 Writing Goals: Blurt now keeps track of the number of words you write every day to help you develop a daily writing practice. You can keep a streak going by hitting your goal every day! (It knows when you paste text—nice try!)

🎚 Readability Slider: You can now set the readability level you're trying to target for the piece you're writing. This is great if you're working on something for a more technical or scholarly audience and can be more complex.

📓 Synonyms: Highlight a word. See some similar ones. Pick the one you like best!

🤫 Ignore Suggestions: Don't like Blurt's improvement suggestion? Tell it to chill.

Some posts I've written and shared recently:

Why Makers Write — Writing is challenging and intimidating but an important exercise.

What Makes Blurt Unique — Critically, your feedback matters.

The Blurt Stack — Quick summary of the tech I'm using for Blurt for the curious that have asked.

You can already start using Blurt today!

I'm offering a 15-day trial that converts to a $4.99/month subscription.

If you're up for helping me test drive Blurt, let me know and I can see about extending your trial.

Would love your feedback so I can build a useful tool for you and other fellow writers.