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Writers, if I may have your attention... I am a solo software developer. I'm building a distraction free writing app for novelists. All the features of other distraction free apps, but it doesn't use Markdown—so you can have beautiful typography and formatting. It manages chapters, with auto numbering. Front... show more

Will McGugan

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Will McGugan3 months ago

Includes a builtin E-Reader. So you can preview your manuscript in the way your readers will see it. There is a tonne of other features. All with the goal of making your writing experience more enjoyable. Give me a follow, and let me know the pain points of the software you use to write...

Paul Watts3 months ago

I would love to try this out! I use a Mac, Windows 11, and Linux

tyler3 months ago

I’m starting a short story collection and would absolutely love to try this out when it’s available

Josh McK3 months ago

It feels like this should possibly sit on top of typst. Is that something you've considered already?

vClouder | DevRel & Community3 months ago

Love it - looks elegant!

Geoffrey 🧢🇺🇸3 months ago

If there's something better suited to this than Markdown, I'd be very interested to know what that is.

Will McGugan3 months ago

I'd suggest that Markdown is in itself a distraction. Markdown syntax isn't part of prose.

Adrian Smith3 months ago

Already following you, happy to try the app.

Mike Sewell3 months ago

Looks great Will, very interesting!

Hannah3 months ago

Cool!

Dev0n3 months ago

….so notepad?

Bad MoFo3 months ago

I'm glad you put this out there, congrats, but I think there 800 ways to Sunday on this. Good luck!

Matias Baldanza3 months ago

Looks pretty elegant. Can I give it a go?

Will McGugan3 months ago

Sure. I'm a few days away from a public beta.

Shelton Louis3 months ago

I'm no a skilled writer. But I do wonder what are you using to render the words? Is it a DSL?

Paul G. Zareith 🕷️➚ 🦋3 months ago

Does it have a good grammar checker?

Will McGugan3 months ago

It uses the macOS grammar checker currently. But I have some ideas about improving in that.

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