The Story Behind Yarny

Posted by cmartoglio on September 19, 2011

Our Chief of Operations, Clinton, has been talking about his first attempt at NaNoWriMo for awhile now. In our small company, everyone is the talented, creative type (except me, but I’m tolerated) and are often involved in multiple creative pursuits. So, it was no surprise to hear him pronounce that he was going to write a novel in a month. As software developers, besides advising him to not quit his day job, we dove into evaluating creative writing software for him to use. Adam, our Chief of Technology (yes, a lot of Chiefs around here), led the charge.

We studied dozens of software packages and web apps. We found some apps simple and creative, like OmmWriter, which we love, but it is designed for writing very short pieces. We found “lite” web based editors that are good for capturing thoughts and taking notes, but not for novel writing. As alternatives, MS Word, Google Docs and other word processors just don’t facilitate creative writing—they weren’t designed to. We found the software packages designed just for novel writing bloated with features added over years of development resulting in their being complicated and not very easy to work with.  After all, we just want to write. Today’s technology has moved past the current market leaders in terms of what novel writing software could be. No matter how many features they add, it’s still installed, complicated software, built for the pre-web app world. Web apps are changing nearly everything software-related, and we think creative writing software is due for a change. Each of us here at Blue Burro are restless with technology anyway. Our passion is to advance it, not accept the status quo. So, it was exciting for us to realize that we could advance the state of creative writing software. We knew we could create a modern writing environment that we would love to use. Yarnyis the result. What you see now at yarny.me is just a start. We’re quite happy with it, but it’s still early in the development cycle. As we continue to develop Yarny, here are some promises we have made to ourselves and those that also choose to use Yarny in their craft:

  • We will never make Yarny complicated. We just don’t think anyone should have to learn to use software anymore. Today, software should be self-evident and forgiving. Just start using Yarny. If some part confuses you, let us know, we’ll work on that.
  • We won’t stop tinkering until it’s the leading creative writing environment on the planet (even then, we probably won’t stop; it’s just the way we’re wired).
  • You will always access it through your browser and an internet connection from any computer and will never need to install anything. Soon you’ll be able to write offline in your browser and automatically sync later when you have an internet connection.
  • We will never force a specific method of writing. We create spaces and tools inside Yarny to use in any manner that works best for you.
  • You’ll be able to simply and securely share your writing with others.
  • We will add some formatting capabilities, but not get carried away. Formatting gets in the way of writing. If you think you need a lot of formatting, look at the Tom Sawyer manuscript; Mark Twain w-r-o-t-e it on a TYPEWRITER.
  • We will integrate with other online apps that provide things you will need such as book layout and publishing, making it easy to take what you create in Yarny and turn it into a published work.
  • We will always have a free version. A few things won’t be free, but not many. Further, the paid plans, which will begin in December, will be dirt cheap. It’s the internet after all.

We hope you enjoy using Yarny and it becomes your favorite writing tool. Our plans for the future of Yarny are shaped by what you tell us. So please send us an email, click the Feedback button in Yarny, or post something on our forums to let us know your thoughts. We know that we created Yarny for us to use—we all write, and Clinton will be using it for NaNoWriMoin a little over a month. We also know we created it for you, the creative writer, wanting a better way to write.

Best,
Chris.

Chris Martoglio | The Yarny Team

Comments

Posted by carpinteyroriw on May 12th, 2013
???Magasins sur li??ge et verviers belgique

Vos avis sur ma robe bagatelle de chez eglantine cr??ationQui portera une robe . surtout que quand tu essaies tu ne les as plus les gants (et tu ne dois pas te laver les mains)

Je te comprends, on n'a pas envie d'essayer des robes toutes sales. Je te confierai aussi que j'ai voulu essayer une robe linea raffaeli, qu'ils n'avaient pas dans le rayon, et ils sont all??s me chercher en r??serve la robe d'une fille qui l'avait command??e et d??j?? fait retoucher (elle te pr??cise qu'il faut rester discret!)! DOnc chez eux tu n'essaies pas de robes sales mais dis-toi que peut ??tre que d'autres filles ont pass?? ta robe "pour voir"

elisa8888

au robes d'ambre, faire un essayage.

D'abord, un conseil: ?? r??server uniquement aux filles qui supportent la critique et les remarques SUPER objectives de la dame (du style, vous avez de gros bras mais avec cette robe ??a se voit moins)

Accueil pas tr??s enthousiaste (ne toucher ?? aucune robe, d'abord enfiler des gants, on a l'impression de toucher des ??toffes en fil d'or .)

Essayages ok (environ 4 ou 5 robes)

En r??sum??, si on supporte l'ambiance et les critiques, on est s??r de ressortir de l?? avec une robe qui vous met vraiment en valeur, donc pas n??gatif comme r??sultat (important d'avoir un avis objectif)

ma belle soeur a achet?? sa robe chez fissette , elle ??tait tr??s contente du magasin.

sateene3

les robes d'ambre, il parait ke l'accueil n'est pas toujours tr??s bon.

chez fissette, g test??, vraiment super. (ils organisent un d??fil?? le 4 d??cembre, au kinepolis a rocourt, si tu t??l au magasin, il y a peut etre encore des places).

Ann Piron. fo avoir le porte-feuille )

voil?? pour ceux ke je connais.

a li??ge il y a aussi modesty (j'y suis all??e une fois, je sais pas si la vendeuse ??tait de mauvaise humeur, mais l'accueil fut "glacial") et pronuptia (l?? c tr??s bien, sans rdv, les vendeuses sont super sympa.)! Robe de mariée pas cher
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