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{{short description|Word processor application}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = WriteNow
| screenshot = WriteNow-software-screenshot.png
| caption = WriteNow 1.00 on the Mac platform
| author = John Anderson, Bill Tschumy
| developer = T/Maker
| released = {{Start date and age|1985}}
| latest_release_version = WriteNow 4.0<ref name=macworld9503>{{cite magazine| title=Lean Writers |url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9503_March_1995/page/n119/mode/2up |pages=116–119 |volume=12 |number=3 |date=March 1995 |magazine=[[Macworld]] |first=David |last=Pogue |author-link=David Pogue |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref>
| discontinued = yes
| operating_system = [[Classic MacOS|Macintosh]], [[NeXTSTEP]]
| genre = [[Word processor]]
| license = [[Proprietary license|Proprietary]]
}}
'''WriteNow''' is a [[word processor]] [[application software|application]] for the original [[Apple Macintosh]] and later computers in the [[NeXT]] product line.  The application is one of two word processors that were first developed with the goal that they be available at the time of the Mac [[product launch]] in 1984, and was the primary word processor for computers manufactured by [[NeXT]].<ref name=nextworld3_7>{{cite magazine| magazine=NeXTWorld | volume=3| issue=7| title=Evolutionary Man | url=https://archive.org/details/NeXTWORLDVol.3No.7November1993/page/n11/mode/2up | page=10 | date=7 November 1993|first=Leann |last=Coulter |access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> WriteNow was purchased from [[T/Maker]] by [[WordStar]] in 1993,<ref name=macuser0693>{{cite magazine| url=https://archive.org/details/MacUser9306June1993/page/n37/mode/2up |title=WordStar Buys WriteNow |magazine=[[MacUser (US edition)|MacUser]] |volume=9 |number=6 |date=June 1993 |page=35 |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> but shortly after that, WordStar merged with [[The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey)|SoftKey]],<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://archive.org/details/MacWEEKV07N21/page/n35/mode/2up |magazine=[[MacWEEK]] |volume=7 |issue=21 |page=36 |title=WordStar, Softkey merge; stock swap total $213 millions |first=Lisa |last=Picarille}}</ref> which ultimately led to its discontinuation. It had a combination of powerful features, excellent performance, and small system requirements.