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I have a simpler method to accomplish the same task: a typewriter. The key, for me, is to retype into a computer and edit during that phase.
Feature idea: prevent you from leaving the page or doing anything else on your laptop for the time period, that way you can’t research anything.
More tips: https://dtrejo.com/how-to-write-consistently-painlessly-and-...
After that, you write.
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How in hell is that "simpler"
Probably meant technologically simpler, since no software is involved. Acquiring and operating a typewriter is definitely not, in my view, a simple alternative. Just writing with pen and paper seems simpler on all counts.
I suppose with a typewriter today, you could still just OCR the result using an old scanner you can pick up at a garage sale or thrift store for nothing, if you didn't want to re-type everything by hand.
R.R. Martin has said he still uses and old word processor with Word Star on it, to have fewer distractions. He transfers things over via floppy disk.
It doesn’t work on mobile, but you should use it with a proper keyboard anyway. There’s nothing sent from the JavaScript to any server; it’s a static page hosted on Netlify with very simple code. It’s just an index.html with style and script tags, 39 lines total.
I use it in the evening when the baby is asleep and I just want to reflect and think for a while. Maybe you will like it too.
I have a simpler method to accomplish the same task: a typewriter. The key, for me, is to retype into a computer and edit during that phase.
Repetition is under-appreciated today. I think it's something we lost when we gave up typewriters. I'm not saying we should go back to ink and paper in all cases but I do think there is an aspect we're missing out on, like someone whose fitness deteriorates when they start driving everywhere, or who doesn't know where anything is now that they have a GPS-enabled smartphone.