Introducing MOUSE

Any writer’s story. A large writing project lands on my desk. My head is full of many, truly disordered ideas, and it’s too much. I get confused, overwhelmed by the chaos, and use an outliner tool to organise it all into a complex tree, but I’m not done. I have to create a document in an editor app, like Ulysses, based on the tree. Now I have two documents. Keeping it all synchronised will be a… pain. The outline, I worked so hard on, will soon be discarded, yesterday’s news.

Wouldn’t it be good if the document were the outline? Yes, it would, and apps like Microsoft Word can do that, but they use a proprietary format, and they’re a… lot. I’m a Markdown guy. I like it open and simple.

Then I read about how great AI is at writing programs. What if I persuaded an AI to write that try MOUSE out hereMarkdown outliner? Well, that’s what I did. And I used iPad Safari and Chrome to develop and run it. It’s now a key part of my workflow (I’m using it now), and I’m building novel length documents.

Really free?

Yes. MOUSE is a free tool provided as-is, and I’ve no interest in monetising it. It has no advertising, and you don’t have to log in. I don’t mind what your email address is, and cookies are better covered in chocolate than stored on your computer. I use it for my writing and thought others might also benefit.

As with any tool, verify results before relying on it for critical tasks. Otherwise, do something great with it and be happy.

Try it

You can try MOUSE out here.