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Distraction Free Writing

Focusing on FocusWriter

by Bill Ward on August 18, 2009

in Writing

A while ago I mentioned some distraction-free, full-screen word processors, namely Write-Or-Die and Darkroom. Well, though both applications had elements I liked (and Write-Or-Die was downright amusing with its incorporation of ‘punishment’), neither really did the trick. Well, I may have found something that does.
FocusWriter, available free from Gott Code, may just be the first [...]

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Write or Die and Dark Room — More Distraction Free Writing

by Bill Ward on January 14, 2009

in Writing

Following up from Monday’s post linking to Cory Doctorow’s advice for Writing in the Age of Distraction, I thought I’d mention two free writing applications designed to confront just that: Write or Die and Dark Room. Both operate on the principle that the less opportunities the writer has to break-off from writing, the better.
Write or [...]

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Cory Doctorow on ‘Writing in the Age of Distraction’

by Bill Ward on January 12, 2009

in Writing

Over at Locus online an interesting article by Cory Doctorow (they’re always interesting, actually) deals with writing in the internet age. You know how it is — never before has it been easier to write copy with our ultra-portable laptops, spellcheckers, online encyclopedias, and laser printers stuffed with cheap paper, yet matching pace with these [...]

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My New Alphasmart Neo

by Bill Ward on October 15, 2008

in Writing

In a search for a writing tool more portable (and not as damn hot!) as my monstrous 17″ laptop, I stumbled across the Alphasmart family of products. Essentially portable keyboards with a built-in memory, they looked exactly like what I needed; they are cheap compared to a laptop, very portable, have a nice keyboard, and [...]

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