krrishd / write

📝 A stream-of-consciousness writing app. Built with React.

Write

A web-based writing app based on Flowstate. Built using React.

The premise is simple. You set a duration during which you write; within that duration, if you stop typing for more than 5 seconds, all your progress is lost.

The typical use case of Flowstate is to avoid writer's block and get something down in writing. Personally, I've been using it for journalling; it's been a good exercise getting all of my thoughts, latent or prominent, down in writing. The duration has also helped me keep a consistent routine; if I know it's only going to be fifteen minutes every session, it's easier to sit down and get through it.

Setup Instructions

This app was scaffolded using create-react-app and then ejected.

In order to run it locally, clone this repository, run npm install, and then either:

• run node scripts/start.js to start a local server
• run node scripts/build.js to create a production-optimized build

Roadmap

Have suggestions/ideas for improvement? Feel free to submit them in the form of an issue (pull requests also welcome).

• Setting up DNS for write.itskrish.co (formerly accessible at write.surge.sh)
• Refactoring storage from localStorage to a backwards-compatible ORM-esque system.
• Refactoring timekeeping with system time instead of setTimeout.
• Setting up benchmarking + optimizing for speed.
• Packaging as an Electron (Desktop) app.

write's Issues

Custom time

What about having a 5 minutes or actually any amount of minutes by using the url?

like //domain/write/34 = 34 minutes

Missing quill css files

Hi, cool project! Wanted to run it locally but after npm i and node scripts/start.js ran into

Starting the development server...
Failed to compile.

Error in ./src/Editor.js
Module not found: ../node_modules/react-quill/node_modules/quill/dist/quill.snow.css in /Users/stevevandervalk/Dropbox_Private/journal/write/src

 @ ./src/Editor.js 22:0-77

Error in ./src/Editor.js
Module not found: ../node_modules/react-quill/node_modules/quill/dist/quill.base.css in /Users/stevevandervalk/Dropbox_Private/journal/write/src

 @ ./src/Editor.js 20:0-77

Looks like a well known issue with the css not being bundled.