For the writers told their genre doesn't sell
Four enforced writing stages — Ideation, First Draft, Flash Fiction, Freeform — that keep you moving forward instead of circling back.
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First Draft mode — your words fade behind you. No rereading, no going back.
Each mode changes what you're allowed to do — not just what you can see.
Each sentence fades as you move to the next. No editing, no going back. Raw thought, one sentence at a time.
Text turns nearly invisible as you type. You can see the ghost of your last words but you can never go back. Forward momentum, always.
Set a strict word target (from 100 to 1,500 words). The editor locks automatically when you hit it. Complete daily seeded challenges and share your work.
Full editing tools unlock once your draft exists. Version history, readability score, and export all live here.
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One challenge, three prompts, and one featured author — written by a fellow writer. See what's inside.
Not another focus-mode wrapper. Not an AI assistant. Something different.
No suggestions, no autocomplete, no generation. Draftingboard is the anti-AI writing tool — built for writers who want the work to sound like them.
Other apps dim surrounding text and call it focus mode. Draftingboard changes what you're allowed to do per stage — because the rules of writing should change between ideation, drafting, and revision.
Works in any browser with or without a connection. Your writing lives on your device first. Sync is optional — and free.
All four modes, folders, kanban board, version history, and cross-device sync are free. You can write indefinitely without paying.
The writing experience is completely free. Pro unlocks the publishing pipeline.
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The things writers ask us before they trust us.
No, and no. Draftingboard has no AI generation, no autocomplete, and no suggestions. Your writing is never used to train anything. The prompts and challenges are human-curated.
Yes. Everything you write is private by default. Sharing a piece or publishing to your author page is always an explicit choice you make per piece.
Your writing lives on your device first and syncs when you're online, so offline writing just works. You can export everything as Markdown at any time, free — no lock-in, no hostage data.
Because the inner editor is how drafts die. Each mode enforces one rule for one stage — ideate without rereading, draft without deleting, then revise with full tools in Freeform. The constraint is the feature.
The writing experience is free forever — all four modes, sync, version history. Pro adds the publishing pipeline: ePub/PDF/Word export, manuscript compile, and word goals with streaks.
Open the editor and start now — no account, no setup. Your words stay yours.
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