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Socratic Sprints
3 & 10-Minute Focus Windows
Friction melts when the commitment is contained. Choose a sprint length, take your coach's inquiry, and write without pause. No word-count quotas. No vanity metrics. Just pure momentum.
Pento · Writing Coach
Five coaches.
One blank page.
Put pen to paper.
Pento is a minimalist daily writing practice. Five literary coaches sit beside you and ask the questions that move your writing forward: no folders, no feeds, no bloat.
The Five Masters
Pick a coach. Answer the question.
Resistance thrives on an open, formless document. Pento pairs you with a distinct literary temperament whose Socratic inquiries pierce the fog and spark immediate momentum.
Fiction · Essays · Line Editing
Signature Socratic Prompt
“Delete your first two paragraphs. Where does the real story start?”
Craft Stance
Every extra adjective is a hesitation. The Carver strips away the throat-clearing and forces you straight into the scene where consequence begins.
Follow-up Inquiry
“What sentence are you keeping only because you are proud of how clever it sounds?”
Simulated Socratic Desk
3:00
The Carver: Delete your first two paragraphs. Where does the real story start?
The Anti-Bloat Philosophy
Writing software should not feel like a filing cabinet.
Modern writing tools offer infinite nested folders, social feeds, and intrusive autocomplete suggestions. They give you a dozen reasons to organize notes, and zero reasons to write sentences. Pento is designed around three strict commitments.
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Local-First & Private
Zero Cloud Surveillance
Your drafts belong exclusively to you. Every session stays on your device. We do not read your prose, sync your journal to advertising networks, or train machine learning models on your work.
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Zero Distraction Canvas
No Folders · No Feeds · No Noise
No folders to rearrange instead of writing. No algorithmic feeds or notification badges. No sluggish chatbot widgets. Just you, the blank page, and a coach demanding your best work.
The Complete Roster
Five distinct literary lineages.
Switch between coaches as your draft evolves, from radical structural pruning to vivid sensory immersion.
削 Fiction · Essays · Line Editing
The Carver
Ruthless economy. Cuts the filler.
“Delete your first two paragraphs. Where does the real story start?”
探 Worldbuilding · Memoir · Descriptive Prose
The Explorer
Sensory immersion. Expanding the scene.
“What is the temperature of the room, and what smell does the character associate with it?”
挑 Drama · Mystery · Character Arcs
The Provocateur
Conflict and tension. High stakes.
“What is your character pretending not to know?”
構 Novels · Screenplays · Longform
The Architect
Structure and pacing. Arc integrity.
“If this chapter is removed, what breaks three chapters later?”
問 Philosophy · Essays · Core Motivation
The Questioner
Socratic inquiry. Core motivations.
“Why does this matter to them today, specifically?”
The Daily Ritual
How a Pento session works.
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Select a Coach
Identify where you feel resistance today. If your opening is dragging, call on The Carver. If your characters feel flat, invite The Provocateur.
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Set Your Sprint
Choose a 3-minute sprint to spark the day's first sentence, or a 10-minute sprint to dig deep into a difficult scene.
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Put Pen to Paper
Engage with the Socratic prompt. Write straight through without backspacing, formatting, or rearranging.
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Archive & Move Forward
Your session saves immediately to your local device archive. Read back whenever you wish, or export clean Markdown to your editor of choice.
App Support & Compliance
Support, Billing & Terms
Official store details, subscription terms, and direct customer support for Pento.
About Pento: Writing Coach
Pento is a minimalist daily writing practice for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Five literary coaches (The Carver, The Explorer, The Provocateur, The Architect, and The Questioner) ask the questions that move your writing forward. No folders, no feeds, no noise.
Crafted and published by Loving Art & Company LLC, an independent studio dedicated to software and art that ships.
Customer Support & Feedback
For help with the app, bug reports, or feature suggestions, email us directly. Please include your app version (found in the app's Menu) and your device model.
We answer every message directly from the studio.
Direct inquiry: info@lovingartandcompany.com
Subscriptions & Billing
- Pento is free to try with 3 free writing sessions every day.
- Pento Pro (available monthly or yearly) removes daily session limits and provides full access to all coach inquiry archives.
- Subscriptions are billed securely through your Apple ID / App Store account.
- To manage, modify, or cancel a subscription: open the Settings app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac → tap your Name → Subscriptions → Pento. Loving Art and Company cannot cancel or refund subscriptions on your behalf; refunds are handled directly by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
- If you previously purchased Pento Pro and reinstall or switch devices, use 'Restore Purchases' in the app settings, or email us for assistance.
Privacy & Terms of Service
Your writing is stored strictly on your device. We do not read it, sync it to third-party ad networks, sell it, or train machine learning models on your prose.
Drafts stay private. What you write belongs solely to you.