If you’re writing on a computer, get a writing app that helps hide the clutter and distractions of your desktop. Check out apps like Apple’s Pages, WriteRoom, or Ommwriter for Mac or DarkRoom for Windows. If you’d like to do your writing in the cloud, use something like Google Docs or Zoho Writer which will automatically save your work … My Writing Nook is a clean, minimalist browser-based writing environment that integrates with your Google account. It has a dictionary and thesaurus built in, and a word counter.