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about whipsmart
You have words you’re dying to get out, and a blank Google Doc that trains AI on your writing is hardly the place to do it. Enter Whipsmart.
Whipsmart is your writing playbox, featuring everything you need to write your next line, page, book. Get inspired with prompts, get going with sprints, get learning, get it wrong, get it great, get it out there.
We’re three friends who wanted a better way to write. This must be the place.
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draft your novel in 30 days
A day-by-day plan from blank page to finished first draft. Pick a story structure, and every morning you’ll know which beat to write next.
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Lyndsay Hall
Novelist
Lyndsay started writing as a Mariah Carey-obsessive who wanted to perform her own songs. Turns out she can’t sing, but writing stuck. Now, she’s at work on a speculative novel about the intersection of technology and the beauty industry. Her short pieces have appeared in Electric Literature, Hobart, and elsewhere. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was a finalist for the 2025 Larry Brown Short Story Award. Her writing has been supported by Bread Loaf and the McCormack Writing Center, and she holds a master’s degree in creative writing from Antioch University.
Max Lin
Fiction Writer & Illustrator
Max started writing because it was cheaper than playing an instrument and required less coordination than playing a sport. He’s currently working on a graphic novel that blends horror, queer coming-of-age, and superheroes. Formerly Faceless Employee #3581 at a Big Bank, his writing has appeared in Pithead Chapel and his illustrations can be found throughout Whipsmart.
Yena Sharma Purmasir
Poet
Yena started writing when she was eight years old, on the day of her father’s funeral. Since then, she’s tried everything: essays, short stories, Harry Potter fan fiction, copywriting, and this bio. Poetry is her first love. Yena is the author of four books of poetry, including Our Synonyms: An Epic (Party Trick Press, 2022) and VIRAHA (Game Over Books, 2022). She is the 2026 Voices of Color Fellow at the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, and she holds a master’s degree in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School.
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testimonials
A lot of new tools put AI before the feature and I feel like the features here are really intentional and compassionate to the writer experience.
I LOVE this level of organization for writing a single, long-form piece; it’s so easy to lose track of notes and inspo. I especially like the prompts and word cloud as ways to get out of a writing rut, and the timed sessions are really beneficial for goal setting.
There is so much brilliance in each bit of it. LOVE the "variant" options in each doc—that’s cool as hell and something I really need/want in my daily writer life.
The reference database of story structures, literary devices, etc is so helpful, especially as someone who is exploring multiple genres at once.