iA Writer
Get focused. The simple, award-winning design of iA Writer delivers the essential writing experience. Used by half a million people worldwide, its minimal interface is crafted to cut out noise. It’s just you, your thoughts, and the words on the page. No rulers, no formatting bars. iA Writer provides the crisp, uncluttered environment you need to write well, supported by discrete, powerful features, from content blocks, to syntax highlighting. Focus is the key to good writing, and the guiding principle behind iA Writer. With shortcuts and simplified settings, you can keep your hands on the keyboard and your mind in the text. We think every craftsperson should own their own tools, so when you download iA Writer, you own it. No forced subscriptions, microtransactions, or compatibility concerns. Your work, your files, your app.
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Typora
Typora gives you a seamless experience as both a reader and a writer. It removes the preview window, mode switcher, syntax symbols of markdown source code, and all other unnecessary distractions. Instead, it provides a real live preview feature to help you concentrate on the content itself. Typora allows you to manage your files easily, providing both file tree panel and articles (file list) side panel, allows you to manage your files easily. Organize your files your way, including putting in sync services, like Dropbox or iCloud. Automatically see the Outline structure of your documents in outline panel, which allows you to quickly go through the document and jump to any section with one click. Export to PDF with bookmarks. Go further and export or import. More formats, including docx, OpenOffice, LaTeX, MediaWiki, Epub, etc, can be exported or imported. See how large your document is in words, characters, lines, or reading minutes.
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Effie
Effie, a light, clean yet powerful mind mapping and writing software for Mac, iOS, Windows.
Features:
All your work is in one place and within reach. So there’s no confusing file management.
Autosave and sync all your work in the cloud, so you can access anything from anywhere.
An immersive writing environment to keep you away from distractions.
One tap to convert an unordered list into a mind map, and vice versa.
Edits on the unordered list will be synced with a mind map, saving you from jumping the hoops from one app to another.
Flexible export to a PDF, DOCX, Markdown, EffieSheet, and JPEG file.
Simplified markup language allows you to finish your writing without lifting your fingers away from the keyboard.
Markup Insight panel woken by a “/” makes it much easier to use the markup language.
You can choose to write in the dark or light theme, whichever drives your creativity and productivity.
Different styles are available for your mind maps.
Built with native code.
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Plottr
Plottr lets you easily arrange (and rearrange) your scenes, plots, and character arcs so you can quickly find your way to the end of your tale — no corkboard required. Plottr automatically generates a clean outline of your story for you to review, edit, and export as the basis of your manuscript. You don’t have to start from scratch. Plottr comes with over a dozen templates (and counting) based on proven storytelling structures to help move your story from idea to execution. The fun is just beginning. Once you've finished outlining your story, Plottr makes it easy to start writing — just export your files and let your creative muscles get to work!
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