RetroWriter

Welcome to the world of yesterday. 

RetroWriter: Intimate, focussed, distraction-free writing and editing.

Use for novel writing or poetry creation via the unique "Inspiration Template" feature. Or take notes online or in lectures, create diary entries, write blogs, prep social posts, or use RetroWriter whenever you just want to focus and create your best work.

Go retro:

* 80-column by 25-line display (e.g. early PC-equivalent)
* No right-click, no scroll bars, no pop-up dialog boxes, no settings panel—zero distractions!
* Five retro font choices + amber, green, white and even blue retro "monochrome CRT" colour options
* Status bar at the bottom, plus doc listing at left
* Line count listing (plus a "Screens" count; one "Screen" is 24 lines), optional line numbering
* Create and type ASCII banner art including FIGlet (huge ASCII lettering)

Be modern: 

* Incremental saves in a secure environment—never Cmd+S or File > Save again, plus automated backup to your Mac's iCloud account
* Generative AI for text insertion/reworking on compatible Macs (requires macOS Tahoe or later, plus Apple Silicon)—100% private and on-device
* Export to Microsoft Word, PDF, Google Docs etc or share to social, email & Apple Notes
* Basic Markdown support for outputting formatted documents, emails or notes
* Core tools like Find/Replace, thesaurus, grammar checking, word count, and distraction-free full screen
* Spelling underline, autocorrect and automatic hyperlinking detection can be turned off—for the true old-school, raw text experience!

Unique features: 

* Inspiration Template feature on the File menu can detail 100 poetry forms, 85 fiction forms and 82 non-fiction writing forms—shows a random form with its technical outline and description in a sidebar panel, with a button to browse more. Perfect if you want to write but need a little help deciding what (e.g. during NaPoWriMo)
* "Micro Mode" makes the app window tiny and unobtrusive, for when you're researching online and just want to dump text into the app
* Document Work Timer shows how long you've been working on a document
* Bookmarks help navigate long documents
* Macro/boilerplate feature lets you insert up to eight regular chunks of text into your docs
* Snippets lets you delete text from a document but keep a copy in case you need it again
* Date/time insertion (Opt+Cmd+9 and Opt+Cmd+0)—ideal for writing diary entries

Here are some things you can do with RetroWriter:

1. Write poetry
2. Write a novel
3. Output images of ASCII art
4. Write a diary
5. Create basic websites via standards-compliant HTML files
6. Create blog posts via HTML output
7. Draft for social sharing or email including X, Facebook and LinkedIn
8. Convert Markdown files to documents like Microsoft Word or Google Docs