Reminds me of the (dead) RoughDraft mac app by 43 Folders(?). There is also FocusWriter – opensource and multi-platform. https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/.

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11 months ago

FocusWriter – Price: Free

Distraction-free writing app for Mac that allows you to focus on your writing.

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about 1 year ago

You can get it here: https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/.

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about 1 year ago

Also, if you’re kinda of an indie author, try Bibisco or Focuswriter.

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over 1 year ago

If you have a spare laptop, I recommend just disabling the Internet altogether. But before then, install a program called FocusWriter – it goes full screen. Or instead of the spare computer idea, maybe create a new user account on your computer maybe called Writing, install FocusWriter and have it launch on startup, and disable that account’s Internet.

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over 1 year ago

Definitely possible but IMHO I would go a teeny bit further and setup a lightweight WM like XFCE or openbox and configure X11 to run FocusWriter on boot (could even configure a systemd user service to ensure it always stays running): https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/ Search around for Linux kiosk mode and you’ll see tons of options for booting full screen to an exclusive X11 app. FocusWriter looks amazing and…

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over 1 year ago

For ultra simple basics I used to use FocusWriter. It’s a distrction-free lightweight word processor. Does barebones basics. Does spell check but not grammar. Customizable environment.

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over 1 year ago

Almost any distro would work. I would suggest using the Focuswriter app. Not only can you create your own themes, there is an option in the settings to turn on typewriter sounds so your keys sound like an old school typewriter when typing.

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over 1 year ago

However, short of that, there are distraction free writing tools out there for Linux. One of them is FocusWriter. It’s guaranteed to be available on any distribution which supports flatpak. Can I suggest Linux Mint for a stable experience with a nice looking desktop?

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over 1 year ago

The screenshot in the post banner above shows FocusWriter, an excellent one.

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over 1 year ago

I’m with u/Kaylie_Night regarding the time goals. You could buy a USB stick, put something like FocusWriter Portable onto it and be like “Okay, I try to write 30 minutes per day. And if the juices don’t flow on one day there is still the next one.”.

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over 1 year ago

Yeah. If you’re running Windows or Linux, get FocusWriter. Then just write. Use punctuation, but otherwise don’t worry about any formatting at all (except press Enter after the end of a paragraph).

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over 1 year ago

So how I managed to deal with this is to figure out which project I want to donate the most time to now. It also sometimes helps find writing apps. There was one I used to use that helped me with writing each day. Maybe I can try to find it again. I’ve heard good things about this one too.

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about 2 years ago

I like https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/ that and since I’m on linux I can silence anything I want to turn off – it works pretty well.

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over 2 years ago

In case anyone is interested, the one that has toggle-able sounds is Focus Writer.

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over 2 years ago

I use FocusWriter. It’s a lightweight, full-screen app that does more than enough for a manuscript. I used to use Google Docs with Wavemaker, which has a lot of extra functions like cards and timelines, etc. Docs slowed down a lot with a lot of open windows or really long docs, however. And with WFH the sync isn’t that important to me anymore. For notes lately I’ve been using CheeryTree. All these are free.

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over 2 years ago

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m one of those people who configures Vim to be akin to a distraction-free writing tool, but for code. (eg. FocusWriter where everything except the page you type on is in auto-hide trays at the sides.).

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almost 3 years ago

I’ve been using FocusWriter for my last few projects and I really like it. Distraction-free and very lightweight. One thing you have to know is that formatting is done via the theme. I duplicate a theme, set up my preferred formatting in that and set the default file format to rtf. Manuscripts don’t need anything else.

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almost 3 years ago

You might want to give FocusWriter a look if you’re on Linux or Windows. It’s as light as some text editors and truly distraction free.

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almost 3 years ago

FocusWriter is also another full-screen editor. It has customizable themes and daily goals.

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almost 3 years ago

There’s also a free program called FocusWriter. It’s a stripped down, customizable very lightweight word processor with basic spellcheck built in. You can’t do much formatting, but it’s very similar to ZenWriter. I used FW heavily back when I was stuck using a Cloudbook/Chromebook machine for a few years when my main laptop kept having issues.

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almost 3 years ago