Pure Writer Blog
Answers to practical questions that come up while writing: how words are counted, how to keep a draft from being lost, how to sync between your phone and computer. You will also find guides to using Pure Writer here.
How to never lose your writing: autosave, version history and backups
How to not lose your writing and how to recover lost writing: the four ways drafts get lost, autosave vs. backup, why sync is not a backup, the 3-2-1 rule, and Pure Writer’s six layers of protection.
How to sync writing between your phone and computer
To write on your phone and continue on your computer, use an online editor, a cloud drive folder or a writing app that syncs. How they compare, how to avoid overwrites, and how to set it up in Pure Writer.
How to use Pure Writer: a ten-minute tutorial
A Pure Writer tutorial for new users: books and documents, the shortcut bar, layout, Markdown, History, cloud backup, sync and export, with where to find each on Android, iOS and desktop.
Markdown for writers: what it is, and how it compares to plain text and Word
Markdown is a way to mark headings, emphasis and lists in plain text with a few ordinary symbols. How it compares to plain text and rich text in Word, the syntax a writer actually needs, and the line break and list rules that trip people up.
What is a distraction-free writing app? How to choose one
A distraction-free writing app keeps everything but your text out of the way. What to check in a writing app on Android, iPhone, iPad or a computer, how to test each point, and what Pure Writer does and doesn’t do.
What is typewriter mode? Typewriter scrolling vs. focus dimming
Typewriter mode means either typewriter scrolling, which keeps the line you’re typing at a fixed height, or dimming all but the current sentence, line or paragraph. How they differ and when to turn them off.
Word count vs. character count: what’s the difference?
Word count and character count are not the same: one counts words, the other every letter, digit and punctuation mark, with or without spaces. An example counted each way, and why tools disagree.
"Without a Deadline, I Can't Get Anything Done"
Drakeet looks back on more than two years of building the new Pure Writer desktop: the pressure, over 1,400 errors resolved one by one, and why a deadline matters.