For those who feel writing is as much about the experience as it is for the words, there is OmmWriter from the digital creative team at Herraiz Soto & Co. OmmWriter (for Mac OS X), is less a word processor and more an isolation tank for word extraction. The screen capture shows, what is probably the most complex experience of the application, a few buttons only the most minimal of controls needed.
I'm a big fan of writing to the blank screen, and have appreciated word processors that have given me that option to remove everything else from my view, only to be left staring at a blank page. And then ... to be left staring at the blank page.
What caught my attention, after the minimalist environment that spawned me to download this was the notice that I would find a better experience with my headphones on. Playing engaging, but not distracting environmental music, quiet audio feedback for my keystrokes, and an undistracted view of my writing. For anyone who finds the constant distractions of the various email, twitter, and IM clients floating around the screen an opportunity for interruption then here is a tool for that extra Spaces desktop that is rarely being used.
The application is still in Beta and is being distributed as a freeware. I was very happy to just start writing. The feature geek in me was quickly quieted (as there were only 6 buttons to push) to make room for the person who wants to write. The only thing I would add to this is the ability to change the background image. Sometimes I just want a different scene for my writing Zen. For those who are brave enough to poke around inside the .app container it looks like you can easily replace the image options.
If the music options aren't working for me, then it's easy enough to play iTunes in the background with something more suiting to my creative needs in the moment.
I even like the name of the application. Omm... Take a deep breath... Omm... Let the words flow... Omm...
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