Web application
The most dangerous writing app is the free typing web app, which fights writer’s block by deleting all progress if the user stops typing within five seconds. It is designed for creative writers who want to write first drafts without worrying about editing or formatting.
Capabilities
The app is meant to “close your internal editor and put you in a flow state”, referring to the psychological concept of being in a flow state.
Users start a recording session by choosing a time or word limit, and can only save or download their work if they have met the set limit without interruption. An additional “hard mode” blurs everything the user has written so far, making it impossible to edit until the recording session is over.
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History
The Most Dangerous Writing App was created by software engineer Manuel Ebert and was released as free and open source software on February 29, 2016. It has been reviewed by Wired, Forbes, Vogue. Huffington Post, The Verge, The Next Web and others. It has been used in free writing contests and is recommended by NaNoWriMo.
In April 2019, The Most Dangerous Writing App was acquired by Squibler, but the original version remains in the public domain.
