Write.as Blog

What we're writing.

After finally losing Twitter API access last month as part of their latest policy changes, we’ve officially removed our cross-posting integration with Twitter.

While we would love to continue supporting this feature for all the writers who use it, ultimately we’re glad to cut ties with a platform that has become unreliable in many ways under its new ownership.

Read more...

Today I’m excited, and pleased, to celebrate eight years on the web! As is now tradition, we’re marking the moment with a little recap of the year below, and a special sale on our 5-year subscription and iOS app — read all about that on our Deals newsletter.

Read more...

As we settle into the summer, we’re taking an easier pace here at Write.as. Here’s what’s been happening lately, and what you can expect to see over the next few months.

Read more...

After five and a half years, we’re going to change the way Free account registrations work on Write.as, starting January 1.

In short, this will only affect people without any Write.as account at all — existing users will be able to continue using the platform at no charge, as long as they keep their original account. (And we won’t ever change this!) But anyone who hasn’t created an account by December 31 at 11:59pm Eastern won’t be able to create an account via our open registration flow. Instead, they’ll need to choose a paid account, or get a Free account through another channel. Read on for details.

Read more...

We recently published an official roadmap for new features and developments coming up in the second half of 2021, across all of our products. Here’s a peek at what’s coming next for us!

Read more...

A graphic of the Coil logo pointing to the Write.as logo

Write.as has teamed up with Coil to give their Coil Blogs authors a comfortable, permanent home for their writing, as they sunset their content platform and move toward their exciting next phase. We’re excited to welcome everyone to our community!

Read more...

Periods of creative output can change over time. A day or week or year might be filled with words overflowing from your mind, while the next might only see a trickle. We might feel more social and public at one point, and more introspective and reclusive at another.

As a home for your writing, we think broadly about how your creative output changes over time, and how we can evolve and flow with it. From this long view, we know that we don’t need to bug you with “retention” emails after you’ve signed up; you’ll write when you want to. We know you you may want to take your work elsewhere (even just to keep a personal copy), so we make exporting your data a cinch. And we know you might not want to keep your work on the web anymore — so starting today, you can finally delete your Write.as account on your own.

Read more...

February 2nd, 2021 marked six years since Write.as first launched! 🎉

To celebrate how far we've come over the years — from 0 to 175,000 blogs, from side project to sustainable business — we're offering a deal on our five-year Pro plan throughout the month of February.

Read more about how far we've come, and how to get 25% off our five-year plan, in our latest Write.as Deals post.

As you can see, with this promotion, we're also launching a newsletter for sales and deals in the Write.as suite! Going forward, we'll publish promotions there exclusively, and keep the official blog you're reading this on limited to product updates and announcements. So if you're interested in discounts, free features, and exclusive sales, you can subscribe now to Write.as Deals.

Thanks for celebrating six years with us, and here's to many more!

In our nearly six years, we've strived to create a platform that helps you get your words out to the world, no matter what drives you to create them. Today on Write.as, writers publish everything from anonymous flash fiction to professional newsletters like Monday Kickoff. Many write for the pure joy of it; others write to further ends.

We've long thought about how we can help support our most avid writers. Like our bootstrapped company, they too need a sustainable way to create their work. They need flexible tools to help them create what they want. They need digital platforms that enable them to be free and independent.

After several months of development, today we're happy to announce our first step toward such a platform, with the launch of our first monetization features on Write.as.

Read more...

As we approach the end of the year, today only we're offering a discount on a few Write.as features to help you share your NaNoWriMo novel and prepare for more writing in 2021.

Read more on our Write.as Deals blog.

Enter your email to subscribe to updates.