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There are pretty good no-nonsense writers for your PC, WriteMonkey is what I personally use; although I haven't really needed to do any writing recently.

If I remember correctly there's a typewriter mode of some sort that doesn't allow you use backspace, really helps just get your ideas out rather than trying to be a perfectionist.

Bought myself a mechanical keyboard the other day for about £60, a Cherry G80-3000; I fell in love with it after about 5 minutes, and I don't think it's even considered a great keyboard by the real enthusiasts.

The nigh-illegible site colour scheme, Vimeo HD preview, and description of its target customer as a "scriptwriter, blogger, journalist, copywriter, poet" were a pretty big hint.

Also the insisted claim to minimalism while being positively baroque compared to, say, WriteMonkey.

There's also WriteMonkey if people are looking for similar software, I think you have to donate for no delete or backspace functionality though (it's dubbed 'flow' mode or something).

Alternatively you could just run an Autohotkey script alongside it:

SetTitleMatchMode, 2 ;Checks the whole window title #IfWinActive, WriteMonkey

*Backspace::return *Delete::return

Note that I didn't actually check the script works, but it looks about right.

Writemonkey offers some nods to typewriters, including sound effects and a 'typewriter' scrolling method. There may be an option (or plugin) to force an uneditable typing method, obviously similar to a typewriter.

You can have typewriter sounds in this browser based editor too https://writer.bighugelabs.com/

If you want to know what it feels like to be stuck with the words on the page, uneditable, you can try out draft in Hemingway mode, which doesn't let you overtype what you have written. You access this by holding ctrl, alt, shift and right.

>where they don't have to waste an entire paper for every typo or a change in words or sentences they decide to make?

Typically you would just go back and XXXXX over the typo. This is also why tip-ex exists. Furthermore, using a typewriter forces you to think about what you are writing more than on a WP where you can always edit things as you go.

I do this too.

I've been using a tape recorder to record every conversation I've had on psychedelics for the past 5 years. I am not sure I will ever go back and listen through all the stuff and transcribe it. I also have a folder with tons of "random ideas" I've written alone on substances.

If you manage to do anything with it, report back. I'd be very curious to hear what you learn.

Also, stop using notepad. Start using writemonkey for writing on a machine.

http://writemonkey.com/

When you talk about Scrivener's typewriter mode is it a feature that keeps the same line focus as you write, moving the text up with each new line? Because I've just discovered that this feature exists in WriteMonkey which I use parallel to Atomic Scribbler, you should check it out.

I've found that Q10 and Writemonkey are both fantastic for a less intrusive writing experience.

There's also WriteRoom for OSX, but it's not free.

I recommend looking into WriteMonkey http://writemonkey.com/ as a free and highly-functional-yet-minimal text editor for Windows. It is designed to help you focus on writing within any distractions; yet, it also offers a variety of tools once you are ready.

For a writing application on either PC or Mac, I highly recommend Scrivener http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php as a complete soup-to-nuts package. It isn't free, but you can try it for free for 30 days (that is days of usage, not calendar days). If you like, it is cheap to purchase and support has been great.

There are a few other options, both billing themselves as "minimalist" text editors. WriteMonkey and FocusWriter have optional typewriter sounds, as well as a few other writer-centric features. Both are free to download.

Yes! Nano! It's not the Middle Ages, for heaven's sake. I've been telling people this for years.

If you are on Windows, I (and others) swear by WriteMonkey - it's clean, extensible, and has a nice ecosystem of plugins, including a corkboard, pomodoros, and all that good stuff.

I work on again and off again in Scrivener. I really love just using plaintext docs, so Write Monkey is my editor of choice (it even supports markdown). I use Excel for tracking things.

However, I use Scrivener whenever I need a one place grab all look at a story. I copy drafts, notes, and everything else all in one place there. It all depends really. It's worth the trial at least. Be sure to do the first tutorial so you don't get lost.

I used Q10 pretty exclusively, but I switched to WriteMonkey about a year ago and never looked back. I've created pretty much the ideal writing setup now. I write both on my computer and on my laptop and needed a way to quickly move between them. This was my solution:

• Install Dropbox.
• Install Virtual Subst on every computer you use, and use it to map your Dropbox to a virtual drive (the same drive letter on every computer).
• Put a portable version of WriteMonkey in the Dropbox. Now, you have awesome writing software that satisfies your craziest backup dreams (you can have it save a new backup every few minutes, which Dropbox will automatically sync between computers). Not only that, but since Dropbox is mapped to the same drive on every computer, you never need to worry about where Dropbox is actually saving your files. If I start writing something on my laptop and decide to move to my desktop, all I have to do is open WriteMonkey on my desktop -- and it automatically opens to the exact same version of the exact same document. It's bliss.

Best of luck! Not sure what your budget is but usually you can find a cheap old laptop for less than 50 dollars. I myself have 3 that are outdated, but still run. They will run a word processor and a web browser (slowly) and any software 15-20 years old. (This is what is available in my area on craigslist). If you buy a used laptop download a freeware program, don't bother installing MS word if it doesn't come on the laptop unless you have a free copy. Openoffice is a Microsoft Office lookalike with basically the same functionality. Writemonkey has also been recommended on the subreddit.

I think you'd like something like WriteMonnkey, known as "Zenware" for its minimalism.

There are many other options as well. Just search for "minimalist word processor." I don't know which ones would make it look like old paper, though.

While you're at it, I recommend checking out f.lux if you're not already familiar with it.

There's also WriteMonkey which is similar to Q10 - it's a full-screen low-fi writing app with good markdown support. There's a nice plugin ecosystem, with a Scrivener-style corkboard, and a Pomodoro timer and stuff. I will probably go back to this if I quit using Scrivener.

I use iA Writer on a Mac and WriteMonkey when I'm on Windows to do actual writing. Once I finish the chapter or a scene I copy/paste it into Scrivener.

• Real-time autosave (like Google Docs)

• Able to go fullscreen with no menus, status bars, or anything. Just the text

And that's all. Right now I use Notepad++ in fullscreen mode and save constantly. I've tried WriteMonkey but it still had too many options that distracted me from just writing. A long time ago I used a DOS word processor in DOSBox, but that didn't work well at all :P.

Use Scrivener and save to a local Dropbox or SpiderOak file. You can use any program you like, it syncs whatever you place into the file to the cloud at intervals determined by you. I use the program WriteMonkey and have it autosave once every few minutes, and I set SpiderOak to sync every 15 minutes.

Now I don't have to deal with Google Docs or writing in a browser window. I use the program I like and save it to a local file which backs itself up every fifteen minutes. Has worked well for me so far.

EDIT: missed the part where you said you write without wifi.

I like writemonkey better.

But if anyone wants something like this for free, another alternative would be Q10 or FocusWriter

All for free.

My advice:

1. WriteMonkey

2. Headphones

3. rainymood.com

4. instrumental music (any genre, I use pandora)

This drowns out every distraction and is incredibly relaxing. If the music is distracting you can ditch it, the main point is the white noise.

I just discovered WriteMonkey, and I love it. I haven't even started exploring the deeper features, but it has what you're talking about, plus lots of other things.

Two features that jumped out at me were a "reference page" that lets you jot down notes without using a separate document, and reference-link shortcuts to whatever websites you want. It's a beautiful program, aesthetically and functionally.

If you're aiming to be more productive while writing, I recommend this program. It's called WriteMonkey, and it's a bare-bones, fullscreen writing application. It has helped me a ton with writing papers.

I don't have any experience with products like the one you linked.

But if that plan doesn't work out, I recommend you try using writemonkey. It's a free word processor that blocks out distractions like the internet.