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#2You can pick up Alpha Neo's on U.S. eBay for a pretty good deal. I have a pair of them.
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#3I use an Alphasmart Neo to write my novels. It's incredibly easy to focus with such a machine. If it just had bigger storage capacity and a microSD slot I'd never consider another option.
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#4It's hard for me to see the advantage of using one of these over pen and paper:
- distraction free (except doodling)
- lower power consumption
- expressive in a way that typing can never be
- tends to discourage editing as you write
edit: and less eye strain
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#5I used to try and optimize my distraction-free writing setup, until I realized that by doing so I was distracting myself from writing. I’ve come to realize that if you want to write, then just write. It sounds oversimplified, but that’s the crux of it. Once you get over the initial hill and form the habit of writing, tools no longer matter.
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#6I use and am a big fan of the pomera.
That said, I'd issue a warning to aspiring writers here on HN: the writer deck culture is really just a big distraction from writing to which technically inclined people are especially prone, and I say this as a huge fan of the concept.
Ultimately, you need discipline to write, period. A writer deck is not going to solve that problem for you. If you already have a functioning laptop you can likely save yourself some money and work on being disciplined and conducting dedicated writing sessions first. After you've done that, writer decks are a good investment if portability is important for your practice and a laptop is too much to lug around.
Otherwise, resist the tantalizing urge to dive down the writer deck rabbit hole. You are really just distracting yourself from writing and spending more time on romanticizing the idea of writing than actually doing it—at least this was the case for me.
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#7It's hard for me to see the advantage of using one of these over pen and paper: - distraction free (except doodling) - lower power consumption - expressive in a way that typing can never be - tends to discourage editing as you write edit: and less eye strain
I don't use anything like a "writer deck" but for me pen and paper is a non-starter due to hand fatigue. I can type for much, much longer periods than I could ever hope to write by hand.
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#8It's hard for me to see the advantage of using one of these over pen and paper: - distraction free (except doodling) - lower power consumption - expressive in a way that typing can never be - tends to discourage editing as you write edit: and less eye strain
I don't use anything like a "writer deck" but for me pen and paper is a non-starter due to hand fatigue. I can type for much, much longer periods than I could ever hope to write by hand.
It also introduces significantly more lag, at least for me, between the thinking and actual writing down of the words.
Sometimes slowing down the process like this is helpful, in other cases it's better to make the emission of the words onto the page as immediate as possible, depends on the piece.
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#9It's hard for me to see the advantage of using one of these over pen and paper: - distraction free (except doodling) - lower power consumption - expressive in a way that typing can never be - tends to discourage editing as you write edit: and less eye strain
Ergonomics. I can type for far longer than I can write by hand.
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#10It's hard for me to see the advantage of using one of these over pen and paper: - distraction free (except doodling) - lower power consumption - expressive in a way that typing can never be - tends to discourage editing as you write edit: and less eye strain
I don't use anything like a "writer deck" but for me pen and paper is a non-starter due to hand fatigue. I can type for much, much longer periods than I could ever hope to write by hand.
> but for me pen and paper is a non-starter due to hand fatigue
You may want to look into writing with your arm instead of your hand