I built an app to help me overcome writing overwhelm
I've had a desire to write since I was a teenager (far too many years ago now), but every time I tried to write, I found it too difficult to organise my thoughts, and despite trying multiple different software programs, nothing helped me. So a couple of years ago, I took it upon myself to procrastinate in an entirely new way, and use my software development experience to build the writing app I wanted to help me organise and write a novel.
Two years on, I built that app: EmberWrite. I had an incredible time building it, firstly finding a friend who also was getting increasingly frustrated with the writing software the were using, and designing the product together. Secondly building a small and committed community who tested and gave a huge amount of feedback to help steer it into what I believe is a product that can help a lot of writers today. We had a very successful Kickstarter late last year, and exited beta earlier this year.
EmberWrite is absolutely no AI, fully offline, writing app that is built for fiction writers of all genres. It separates your work into spaces: one for your manuscript, one for your world, and one for your notes, allowing you to focus on one task at a time. It has rich world building tools so you can have your character sheets, maps, and magic system right alongside your writing when you need them.
I won't give a long detailed explanation of all the features here. You can try them out for yourself as it has a free trial for 30 days. Our new website has just gone live as well at [https://EmberWrite.com\](https://EmberWrite.com). You can find out everything there, and feel free to ask me questions here and I will do my best to answer them. I'd love to hear what you look for in a writing app, as whilst EmberWrite won't be for everyone, I really want to make a writing app that brings joy to writers and help many creative people with the hobby they love.
Oh, and I still haven't written that book, the building of the app took up way too much time! But I've got a little closer...