WRITEMONKEY 0.8 [yellow on green]
Zenware for full screen distraction free creative writing. No whistles and bells, just empty screen, you and your words. WriteMonkey is light, fast, and perfectly handy for those who enjoy the simplicity of a typewriter but live in modern times.
WRITEMONKEY IS FREE SOFTWARE, BUT YOU CAN DONATE BY FOLLOWING THE PAYPAL ICON AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
USERS SAID ...
WriteMonkey is quirky and cool. I just spent 10min typing absolute gibberish just to hear the typewriter sounds! Its software with 'personality', I can easily imagine it being on the Mac ... (MrCrispy)
... everybody in my writer's group (including the techno-weenies) loves it for getting a raw first draft out of their head and onto the page. After that it's MS Word all the way ... (40Hz)
It's beautiful ... I haven't written anything "creative" in years, so likely have no use for it but were I to find myself writing again I think it'd be in that program ... (Allen)
... The last one [Writemonkey] is probably one of the greatest programs I have ever seen! ... (RJG)
... After shopping many distraction-free writing environments I stumbled upon yours. I'm so glad I did! I love the repository feature, and the fact that I can use either full screen or window view. WriteMonkey is exactly what I was looking for ... (Adriane L. Criderman)
... First of all, thanks for taking your time writing this great piece of software! I've been looking for a Windows equivalent of Writeroom for OSX for a long time. Writemonkey is by far the best alternative I've come across. It's true to it's promise; simple, intuitive, and clutter-free. And it works flawlessly. This kind of distraction-free writing environment is just what I need for taking notes in college, where staying focused is paramount. I wouldn't mind using it at work either. (I work part-time as a journalist.) ... (Mats Bleikelia)
... Congratulation for your fantastic software WRITEMONKEY! It's a very good & cool job. I use your software everyday ... This kind of software is popular and you have a good chance to make THE "full screen writing software" ... (Sophie Monde)
...I tried WM and I love the way that repository mode was conceived and executed. I like that it is embedded in the same txt file; the invert colors feature is a nice touch as well ... (Paulo Brabo)
... I took a look at Writemonkey and it also seems to be very good - similar to both Darkroom and Q10. I like the splash screen with quotes and the available preferences (the 'try luck' option is good too) .. (Brian Darvell)
... Hello, I like the program after playing with it for 5 mins, thankyou ... By the way the different coloured paragraghs in Jumpbar are lovely :) ... (Ben)
and one not so good but funny:
... by pressing a random color combination of text color and background color ... 95% of the so-created combinations produce a very fine mixture of headache and vomiting ... (Richard Norden)