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stefannnon Make Writing a Habit

Thanks for the feedback - we'll improve the presentation. I put here another comment explaining all the features that are not explained properly on the landing page now. Is there anything that you're missing on WritingStreak? What would you like to see improved?

stefannnon Make Writing a Habit

Thanks for the feedback, it's absolutely more work to be done on the presentation - I will explain here a bit more. We help people that want to write more to stay motivated to write daily. By comparison, we think it is sort of a fitness app where you train your writing muscle instead of your physical body.

One of the main things that I struggle with when writing is a lack of attention or the distractions that get in the way of typing more words. The area where you write is at the core of the product. It is a clean modern space that has no distractions so that you can stay completely focused. At the end of each writing session, you get achievements and stats about what you wrote. Word analysis, writing clarity, readability, and sentiment analysis of the text will be available shortly.

To keep you engaged, there are 3 goals that you should meet daily: writing words (at least 250, by default 500), a writing time (at least 30 minutes, by default 1 hour), and a score that is calculated by using your previous days' writings. Based on how much you write, you get achievements and you compete with other writers in the platform. We're putting together as I write this message a way to sign up for writing challenges, too.

Not yet fully ready, we're working on a system of notifications, where you can set a time when to be remembered to start writing so that you never miss a day.

All the content is double encrypted so it is secure and nobody can steal your ideas.

I hope that clarifies what we're doing. If you have any other questions or suggestions I would be happy to clarify.

stefannnon Show HN: WriteNext – The writing application that boosts your writing

I've built WriteNext because I wanted to start writing a book and I couldn't find a good writing application for it. I tried Google Docs and Notes, but I am already using them for other purposes and it was a bit distracting with all the buttons and other options. Also, I couldn't find the right motivation, so we designed WriteNext to include notifications and badges to keep writers engaged.

I would love to hear your feedback on it! Thanks!