Writers begin with an idea and let their imaginations lead into a journey that with a careful crafting of words eventually tell us a story. It’s a very personal process for what in the end most hope ...

If you’re looking for a portable device that can also be used as a writing station, well, the humble iPad is a great choice. While it’s still lacking in some respects, Apple has bridged the large gulf ...

Many writers procrastinate. That’s why several niche word processors—and even the latest edition of Microsoft Office—offer writing modes that aim to eliminate distraction by hiding everything on your ...

If you have an external keyboard for your iPad, you already have most of what you need for a solid distraction-free writing experience. The iPad’s windowless interface offers few background bobbles to ...

Now you can write properly-formatted scripts on your iPad. Final Draft is the Microsoft Word of the screenplay world: users hate it, but it’s the industry standard, and if you don’t submit your ...

Sometimes you kids ask me about what writing app is shown off in my iPad screenshots or photos. More often than not it’s iA Writer, and it’s an awesome little thing. If you can’t live without iA ...

The iPad has revolutionized the way I approach my writing and I am regularly asked how I use it. I originally wrote about the iPad as a solid system for writing a year and a half ago and the tablet is ...

Screenwriters and playwrights have waited a long time for an iPad version of Final Draft. Software maker Final Draft first hinted at an iOS version of its popular desktop screenwriting app back in ...

When I want to get some serious distraction-free writing done, I turn to an old Royal manual typewriter. Call me a hipster all you want, but there’s something about manually throwing keys around on a ...

Writing tools that won't try and do the writing for you ...

It takes only a glance at Apple’s quarterly financials to realize that the era of traditional desktop and laptop computers is waning. Last quarter, Apple sold 26 million iPads, over five times more ...

As we gradually get faster at typing on touchscreens, extended writing sessions on the iPad have become much more viable. Meanwhile, developers of writing apps have made significant improvements to ...