Mac Format - UK (2020-04)

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A classic writer’s app, this is a
way of keeping your writing
and complex notes all in one
place and easily cross-referenced. Long
manuscripts can be divided into
sections, making it easy to reorder,
redesign, search your whole project, and
more. It even has an index card mode, so
you can look at how you’re structuring
things. The ultimate writer’s assistant.

Scrivener
£19.99 NEEDS iOS 9 or later

Want to concentrate just on

your writing? Byword is a

distraction-free writing

environment. It focuses on just your

words, with no styling to worry about

(you can add formatting using the

Markdown language). You can sync

whatever you write to the cloud, and

there are word and character counts.

A very pure writing app.

Byword

£5.99 NEEDS iOS 10.3 or later

The hard part of writing is often

getting started. Lots of people

use timers for completion of

tasks of all kinds, where you have

writing ‘sprints’ with no distractions for

a set time. This app lets you create timers

for various tasks that you can customise,

and tracks your progress over time so

you can see how often you met your

targets, or even surpass them.

Be Focused — Focus Timer

Free NEEDS iOS 10 or later

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