Emacs Writing Studio (EWS) is a configuration and a series of articles for authors who want to use Emacs to research and publish articles, books, scripts and websites.

This configuration follows the following principles:

• Leverage functionality in Emacs 29.1
• Standard keyboard shortcuts
• No configuration for writing code
• Centred around Org mode

Feel free to raise an issue if you have any suggestions on how to enhance the configuration or like to see additional packages useful to authors.

To try Emacs Writing Studio configuration, download the init.el file and run Emacs with the --init-directory option followed by the init directory.

emacs --init-directory <path/to/emacs-writing-studio>

Emacs requires external software to assist with reading and manipulating non-text files, such as ebooks, images and sound files. EWS checks for the presence of required external software and will generate a warning in the *Messages* buffer if one or more programs are missing. If this is the case, some functionality might not be available, but Emacs will work fine otherwise.

Emacs Writing Studio uses default Emacs key bindings. For commands without default keybinding, it uses the C-c w prefix keys (w for Writing Studio).

Read the accompanying website for a detailed description of its functionality.

Emacs Writing Studio includes bespoke convenience commands:

• ews-biblio-bibtex-lookup: Combines functionality from the biblio and Citar packages.
• ews-distraction-free: Activate Olivetti mode and reset old values when deactivated.
• ews-org-insert-notes-drawer: Inserts an notes drawer under the current Org heading.
• ews-org-count-words: Count words in each Org mode heading and add the result in a property drawer.
• Custom org mode link type for Hugo website development.