Distraction-free writing
A doc at every address.
Write Guru is a writing app with no files and no folders. Choose a word, say garden, and write.guru/garden is your doc’s own web address. Open it in any browser, on any device you sign in on. Only you can.
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The problem
Where did I write that?
A thought lands in whichever app is open. The notes app fills with untitled notes. The document app has a toolbar wider than the page. Last week’s draft is on the other laptop, in a folder inside a folder.
It's in there somewhere.
I went looking for the button and lost the sentence.
It's on the other laptop.
Writing does not need a filing system. It needs an address.
What if a page were a place?
Write Guru gives every doc an address. write.guru/garden is the garden doc, on every device you sign in on. Nothing to file, nothing to name, nothing to save. Type the address and write.
How it works
Everything starts with a word.
- write.guru/garden1
Go
Type write.guru/ and a word. If the doc exists, it opens. If it doesn't, it is yours as soon as you write.
Garden
Three beds along the fence.
Call the nursery
Tomatoes in the middle bed
2Write
The page is empty on purpose. Headings, lists, checklists, tables and code come from the keys you already know; a picture goes where you paste it. Nothing else is on the screen.
Garden
Three beds along the fence.
Tomatoes in the middle bed, where the sun stays longest, and
3Come back
Every keystroke is kept on this device and on the server. Open the address wherever you are signed in and carry on mid-sentence.
What makes it different
Built for the sentence you are on.
Nothing between you and the page.
No toolbar, no menu, no sidebar. A # at the start of a line makes a heading, a dash makes a list, [ ] makes a checkbox, > makes a quote. The formatting is there when you reach for it and invisible when you don’t, and the whole sheet of keys is one keystroke away.
Garden
- Three beds along the fence
Call the nursery
Plant what the ground wants.
A little arithmetic.
Type a sum and end it with an equals sign. The answer appears in the sentence where the question was. It is not a spreadsheet; it is the number you needed, in the note you were writing.
3 beds, 12 plants each. 3*12=36
Split two ways: (172+420)/2=296
Tables, code and checklists, from the keyboard.
A table with columns you can drag. A code block that knows its language and colors it. A checklist that ticks. None of them needs a button.
| Bed | Plants | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| North | Kale, chard | Morning |
| Middle | Tomatoes | All day |
const beds = 3;
const perBed = 12;
plan(beds * perBed);Order seeds
Call the nursery
A picture, in the paragraph where it belongs.
Paste a picture, or drop one onto the text. It shows at once, exactly where you put it, and the file goes up in the background. Open the doc on your phone and the picture is there.
The north bed, the morning after the rain.
Kale on the left, chard on the right.
The same doc, wherever you sign in.
Open the address on your laptop, then on your phone. The latest version is there. Edit in two places and the edits are merged, not one lost to the other.
- Mention another doc with @.
- Highlight a phrase between double equals signs.
- Follow a link without leaving the keyboard.
- Find a doc by any word in it.
- Start a new doc in one keystroke and choose its word later.
- Change a doc’s address at any time; the doc comes with it.
- Light and dark, following your system.
- Every doc is private. Only you can open it.
One address each
Whatever you’re writing.
Journal
The same address every morning. No new file, no date to type.
Meeting notes
A doc per person you meet: what was agreed, as a checklist, ticked off as it gets done.
Drafts
The long piece at a word of its own, with nothing on the screen but the piece.
Reading
Quotes worth keeping and the page they came from, one heading per book.
Reference
The things you look up: a recipe, a measurement, the model number of the printer.
Working it out
Rough sums that answer themselves as you type.
Pick a word.
Type it after the slash. The page is yours the moment you write on it.
From $7.50 a month. Cancel anytime; your docs stay with you.
Questions
Questions people ask.
Is Write Guru a notes app?
It is a writing app. Notes apps collect; Write Guru gives you a page at an address and gets out of the way. Keep one doc or a hundred; each has a word of your choosing for a name.
Where are the folders?
There are none. A doc is found by its address, by any word in it, from the list of your recent docs, or by a link from another doc. Put [[reading]] on your journal page and the two are joined.
Do I have to save?
No. Every change is kept on this device as you type and sent to the server moments later.
What can a doc hold?
Headings, paragraphs, bold and italic, highlights, lists, checklists, quotes, tables, code with syntax coloring, pictures, links to the web and to your other docs, and mentions of them.
What if I pick the wrong word?
Change it. A doc’s address can be changed from its menu at any time, and everything in the doc comes along. The old word can then be used for another doc.
Can I delete a doc?
Yes, from the same menu. It leaves your docs at once. For seven days, support can bring it back; after that it is gone.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, in the browser. Sign in, open the address, write. It follows your system’s light or dark mode.
Who can see my docs?
Only you. There is no sharing and no public page; a doc’s address opens for you alone.
Is there a free plan?
No. Plans start at $7.50 a month, billed yearly. Every doc here belongs to someone who chose to keep it.
What happens if I stop paying?
Your docs stay, and you can still open and edit every one of them. You cannot start a new doc until you subscribe again.
From $7.50 a month