The desire/need for focused writing apps has always baffled me, but then again I'm probably not the target audience for such an app. I do some technical writing and some non-technical blogging, and have never felt impeded by just writing in vim or textedit (or anything else that accepts text input).
I'd love to better understand how such apps help people with their writing. I guess I'm kind of skeptical that they actually do help (compared to simply fullscreening any app that you can write in), but since there are so many apps designed for this I accept that they must be helpful to some people. I'd love to hear from people for whom they have helped. (I'm not trying to start a discussion about uselessness. I'd like to hear about _usefulness_. I truly want to understand it better.)
I'd love to better understand how such apps help people with their writing. I guess I'm kind of skeptical that they actually do help (compared to simply fullscreening any app that you can write in), but since there are so many apps designed for this I accept that they must be helpful to some people. I'd love to hear from people for whom they have helped. (I'm not trying to start a discussion about uselessness. I'd like to hear about _usefulness_. I truly want to understand it better.)