ILYS is carefully designed to create Pure Writing Flow. We do this by helping to bypass the inner-critics; writing a bunch while they nap and leave the gate open for our creativity to wander and escape.
Hi Product Hunt! It's great to see you again. In 2015 we launched the previous version of ILYS on PH and it was a lot of fun. It's been a while, and that version of ILYS has served many people very well.
Fast forward to now, and the entire platform was rebuilt and tremendously improved. I didn't realize until recently that we can launch on PH again, especially since so much has changed. So here we go.
As a project, ILYS has been alive for over 10 years. In that time, I discovered that while it looks like ILYS is great for writing, which it is, it's also awesome for helping to improve mental health. This is confirmed by member interviews after using it for a long while. Apparently habituating the free-flow experience in a writing context also loosens up the inner-critics in other parts of our lives.
While everything about this new version is greatly improved, the core essence of the forward-only blind-writing method we pioneered remains at our center. Additionally we now have Speed Sections, which will let you bring that flow-state freedom into creating an outline or structure. Also, Paragraph Mode will allow you to focus on one paragraph at a time, if that's your thing. And a whole bunch more besides.
The best way to discover it all is to jump in and kick the tires. Sign in and click the Write Now button and start typing.
If you're curious about the evolution of ILYS, this is us at 1 years old: https://www.ilys.com/ilys-classic/
Also, while we do have a prototype of an iOS app, the website is best used on a computer, and not a phone.
Please ask any questions that might come up, I am here to share everything that's useful for you.
Thank you and I wish you lots of fun with ILYS,
Mike
ILYS