Starting-friction remover for writers

Helps people stuck on 'start a chapter' by breaking work into micro-steps and conditioning

Problem

Many writers feel strong resistance (the flinch) when facing a whole chapter or big task, yet writing a single sentence is easy. Some try breaking tasks into tiny pieces and conditioning themselves, but lack a tool to run that method and often give up before starting.

Solution

A desktop writing starter: users set today's big goal, the system splits it into sentence-level micro-steps, and provides timers, one-step check-off, visual progress and light rewards; optional distraction blocking that unlocks only after the current micro-step is done.

Users

Writers, students, knowledge workers needing deep work, and creators struggling with procrastination.

MVP

Split big goals into micro-steps; per-step timer and check-off; visual progress bar; optional site blocking; daily review log

Revenue

Small monthly subscription or one-time purchase; premium adds custom blocking rules and stats

Why now

Attention scarcity and procrastination are widespread, existing tools focus on pomodoro or blanket blocking and miss the 'make starting painless' niche; cheap to build.