Write!

Write has many good points – which are now nearly all superseded by what Typora offers.

Write used to be the best at what it did, and its bimonthly updates added a lot of value to the whole thing. But at some point, it got discontinued without notice when a lot of functions were still missing and others were wonky at best (Markdown support for instance).

Its WYSIWYG/Markdown mixup format though is noteworthy, but at the era of markdown, that's might not be what you are looking for.

I still rate it 4 stars because it was good while it lasted but since it got discontinued before coming to a finished state, you should definitely look for alternatives. (Such as Typora, which is free, takes the same minimalist approach, and proposes at least the same functionalities, minus the cloud integration.)

Look elsewhere: proprietary formats, cloud subscription woes, and poor support make this a bad purchase. I purchased the "lifetime" version. This initially seemed like a pretty decent application. I liked the interface, and moved to being using Write! as my primary application for writing long format documents. I injured my hand at one point, I discovered it would not work with the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software. I wrote support, and after a surprisingly long delay they gave me a surprisingly negative response. As a result, I moved away from using the tool. Before leaving, I wrote support to make sure there would be no reoccurring charges. They assured me there would not be. Recently, I found a charge on my credit card from "FastSpring" which I eventually traced to Write! After another surprisingly negative exchange, I contested the charges on my credit card and had them removed. As an afterthought I went to move my writing out of the application. Surprise: this has a proprietary format and the export function is tied into the cloud subscription. After some time in forums I was able to figure out how to recover my data. I would rather spend that time then interact with their unpleasant support again. In sum, this product cost me a surprising amount of time and money. Free alternatives with none of these problems exist. Seriously, look elsewhere.