The Best Free Writing Tool of 2025

June 15, 2025 · By Josh

There are a lot of writing tools on the market. They all blend together . Many of them focus on editing. The writing process is an afterthought — an inconvenient requirement that must be included in the fancy editing program.

But the writing is the most important part.

It’s the fun part, the hard part, the human part — the part we must work at to get better. The part that defines us as writers. Editing is important, but without writing something to edit, we are just editors.

The writing is what makes us writers. The art of the first draft. Creating from nothing. Something still primordial and raw. Something imperfect that requires polishing. That process is sacred.

It shouldn’t be an afterthought in your editor of choice’s functionality.

That is why TypeSlate is different.

It is a writing-first program. It’s not an editor. It’s not a word processor. It isn’t designed to edit things. It’s designed to get out of your thoughts’ way on their path to the page. It’s designed to eliminate the frictions that hinder your creative efforts.

It’s also designed to smoothly integrate into your existing writing workflow.

For example: the auto-copy to clipboard function. When you finish a draft, the content of that draft is placed in your clipboard. You can paste it anywhere. If you’re writing a section of your manuscript, paste it into Scrivener. If you’re brainstorming something, paste it into AI and have it help organize your thoughts.

There’s one other feature that makes TypeSlate the perfect tool for first drafts, brainstorming, and journaling:

It’s free.

No upsell . No freemium with features that aren’t worth a damn unless you pay me a monthly fee. Just free. Because the world needs your words.

What do you have to lose?

Give it a shot.