come to mind but I prefer to do as much of my writing in one environment as possible. which might be better suited to the majority of what I do, Notational Velocity, Evernote, and Apples bundled notes app. There are a multitude of dedicated note taking apps. IA Writer is an important part of my workflow, enough so, that any email that requires a thoughtful response, beyond my usual short blunt replies, particularly anything written in Chinese, is first written in iA Writer. a joy, including how it saves with an automatic title in case I forget to. There are a number of other subtle decisions they have made that make using the app. There is also the oft promoted concept of distraction free writing, which has value, but until you block Facebook, distraction is still only a keystroke away.
Markdown support means I don’t have to remove my hands from the keyboard. on my iPhone, start typing almost immediately, come home, finish where I left off on my Mac, and later edit on my iPad. I love the simplicity, the bundled typeface and the fact that I can open the app. Then along came iA Writer and despite a particularly rough start, whereby it didn’t support Chinese, it has been my go to tool for writing text of all lengths ever since. Eventually, I settled on BBEdit and Textmate for a long period of time for both writing words and mark-up.
I also created prototype for a “universal text box” from which all data could be sent, much like Drafts 4 or Editorial on iOS today, but I lacked the programming ability to make it work. Since then I’ve experimented with a number of different solutions, from the robust Nisus Writer to the simplistic Textedit.
Microsoft Word was deleted from my computer many years ago, it possessed far more features than my needs required, and it’s ridiculously heavy handed interface was painful to use.
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