This blog post discusses creating a distraction-minimizing writing device, with a focus on ex nihilo composition. The author advocates for a dedicated machine to concentrate on creating content and describes repurposing an old laptop into a composition-focused writing device. The device’s requirements and modifications, as well as an alternative Windows option, are detailed.
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Affordable Alternatives to a Dedicated “Smart Typewriter”
Perhaps because so much of my social media is connected to the writing and editing community these days, I tend to get a lot of advertising about writing-oriented products, from gadgets to software to notebooks and pencils. A lot of that advertising lately has come from a company called Astrohaus, which makes a series ofContinue reading “Affordable Alternatives to a Dedicated “Smart Typewriter””
On Writing Tools and Rituals, Part Two: Considering the Digital
It’s worth saying again: your most important writing tool is your bum. Get that derriere in a chair and focus on words and ideas, whether you’re using the latest thing in computer technology or a chewed-up pencil on an old grocery sack (don’t forget that Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his seminal Letter from BirminghamContinue reading “On Writing Tools and Rituals, Part Two: Considering the Digital”
On Writing Tools and Rituals
Part One: The Analog Advantage As a long-time teacher of writing and editing, it’s my first duty to inform you that your most important tool for writing is the most analog of all: your backside. It is, after all, the thing you stick in a chair so you can sit down and simply write! It’sContinue reading “On Writing Tools and Rituals”
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