As someone who usually has nine or ten Firefox tabs open in addition to Trillian in the corner and occasional Gmail Notifier pop-ups, I'm probably not the kind of writer
WriteRoom is made for. WriteRoom is "a full screen, distraction free, writing environment" for Mac OS X. It takes simplicity to the extreme, presenting you with essentially nothing but what you've written, and allowing you to do little else but write. WriteRoom auto-saves as you write so you don't even have to worry about that.
WriteRoom is a free download from Hog Bay Software.
Tags: free, freeware, mac, osx, productivity, writeroom, writing
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Subscribe to commentsAlex EzellJun 30th 2006 9:51PM
A Windows port of this would be awesome for those of us who do creative writing. My muse is often interrupted by the blasted infernal trappings of "other stuff" on this computer.
caribJul 1st 2006 3:40PM
1. A Windows port of this would be awesome for those of us who do creative writing. My muse is often interrupted by the blasted infernal trappings of "other stuff" on this computer.
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TRY THIS:
1. Open Notepad.
2.Maximize window
3. Start typing :-)
InterJul 1st 2006 4:32PM
Everything new is extremely forgotten old. MS DOS is immortal
AmitJul 2nd 2006 1:33AM
Here's a quick hack to emulate WriteRoom on Windows using Microsoft Word.
AmitJul 2nd 2006 1:34AM
Sorry link here:
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/07/writeroom-for-windows-write-without.html
Textbook SellerJul 2nd 2006 5:57AM
Like the Word hack. The only improvement to WriteRoom would be amber instead of green-- easier on my VT100 terminal.
SpencerJul 2nd 2006 8:31AM
Dear Strong Bad...
TraeJul 2nd 2006 5:37PM
Good ol' Doogie Howser, MD.
SamJul 3rd 2006 1:00AM
Dark Room is a rather good windows version of WriteRoom. I've been using it and I've grown quite fond of it. Requires microsoft's .Net 2.0 framework though. Here's the link: http://they.misled.us/archives/501
stockdaleJul 3rd 2006 1:58AM
A few months back download squad posted a link to Word for DOS available for a free download. http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/25/free-file/
It seems to me that not even having the internet on your writing machine while writing might be a good thing.
DebraJul 3rd 2006 3:23PM
I just downloaded DarkRoom. It's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure I get the point for writers. A word processor of your choice used in full screen mode will work as well, and you'll be able to format and spell check.
Jordan RunningJul 3rd 2006 3:25PM
That's just the point, Debra: Things like formatting and spell check are distractions that get in the way of what you're supposed to be doing--writing.
G-manJul 11th 2006 1:26PM
There is also a very good Windows option to this program called the WestEdit text editor.
It can be found at http://home.online.no/~westerma/WestEdit/