Comments on: Tools for writing: Distraction-free text editors http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors How to communicate Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:14:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Desika Nadadur http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-438407 Desika Nadadur Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:12:30 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-438407 Hi Matthew, Sorry, I missed a 't' in your name. I apologize. -Desika Hi Matthew,

Sorry, I missed a ‘t’ in your name. I apologize.

-Desika

]]> By: Desika Nadadur http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-438405 Desika Nadadur Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:10:18 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-438405 Hi Mathew, You have a very informative site. Thanks for the information on the distraction-free editing software. While checking these out, I also found Q10 (http://www.baara.com/q10/). I installed it and briefly tried it. It also looks very good. I will be coming back for more of your writing tips. Thanks, Desika Hi Mathew,

You have a very informative site. Thanks for the information on the distraction-free editing software. While checking these out, I also found Q10 (http://www.baara.com/q10/). I installed it and briefly tried it. It also looks very good.

I will be coming back for more of your writing tips.

Thanks,
Desika

]]> By: Success in Work » Blog Archive » Using the Right Tools Part III - Text Files http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-342021 Success in Work » Blog Archive » Using the Right Tools Part III - Text Files Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:50:47 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-342021 [...] Download.com lists over 200 applications in the Editors category, and Wikipedia provides a comparison of editors by feature. Also, Matt Stibbe writes about an interesting use case I hadn’t thought of: distraction free writing, and suggests a few tools. [...] [...] Download.com lists over 200 applications in the Editors category, and Wikipedia provides a comparison of editors by feature. Also, Matt Stibbe writes about an interesting use case I hadn’t thought of: distraction free writing, and suggests a few tools. [...]

]]> By: Bob Gerber http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-180963 Bob Gerber Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:15:48 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-180963 Is this the Simon Wakeman who has a manuscript on Rumi? I want to talk to you about it. (I know Tony Blake) Is this the Simon Wakeman who has a manuscript on Rumi? I want to talk to you about it. (I know Tony Blake)

]]> By: Karl http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-2086 Karl Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:55:41 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-2086 Hi, just thought I'd mention for Matthew and anyone else after a full screen and uncluttered Windows based WriteRoom or DarkRoom style app that http://www.MightyFineWork.com do one. It also splits the document into chapters for structure purposes, but other than that it does virtually nothing but let you edit. It's actually both a full-screen text editor and still a genuine Windows app! Hi, just thought I’d mention for Matthew and anyone else after a full screen and uncluttered Windows based WriteRoom or DarkRoom style app that http://www.MightyFineWork.com do one.

It also splits the document into chapters for structure purposes, but other than that it does virtually nothing but let you edit.

It’s actually both a full-screen text editor and still a genuine Windows app!

]]> By: Simon Wakeman » A more efficient writing tool http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-729 Simon Wakeman » A more efficient writing tool Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:22:53 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-729 [...] So having checked out Matthew Stibbe’s post that Lee cited, I decided to download Dark Room - a no frills editor that takes me back to the old days - green text on a black background. [...] [...] So having checked out Matthew Stibbe’s post that Lee cited, I decided to download Dark Room - a no frills editor that takes me back to the old days - green text on a black background. [...]

]]> By: Manage Your Writing http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-666 Manage Your Writing Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:21:53 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-666 <strong>Get those editing tools off your screen...</strong> To write more effectively, you need to learn to draft without letting your Internal Editor interfere. I've recommended turning off your monitor (or turning down the brightness of your laptop screen) while you draft. But if that's too radical for... Get those editing tools off your screen…

To write more effectively, you need to learn to draft without letting your Internal Editor interfere. I’ve recommended turning off your monitor (or turning down the brightness of your laptop screen) while you draft. But if that’s too radical for…

]]> By: Simon Wakeman http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-653 Simon Wakeman Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:38:40 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-653 Your experience with being easily distracted tallies with mine! I've downloaded Dark Room today - and so far I think it's helping with getting writing done without undue distraction from other things on my PC. Thanks for the tip Your experience with being easily distracted tallies with mine!

I’ve downloaded Dark Room today - and so far I think it’s helping with getting writing done without undue distraction from other things on my PC.

Thanks for the tip

]]> By: Better Communication Results http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-580 Better Communication Results Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:01:16 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-580 [...] Distraction, for a writer, is serious business — even a humble request to ‘take out the garbage’ midstream can cause 40 minutes of lost productivity, as one of Matthew’s commentors to his post Tools for writing: Distraction-free text editors points out. [...] [...] Distraction, for a writer, is serious business — even a humble request to ‘take out the garbage’ midstream can cause 40 minutes of lost productivity, as one of Matthew’s commentors to his post Tools for writing: Distraction-free text editors points out. [...]

]]> By: Roy Jacobsen http://www.badlanguage.net/tools-for-writing-distraction-free-text-editors#comment-560 Roy Jacobsen Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:47:43 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=197#comment-560 I just started using DarkRoom this week, using it to transcribe an interview, and I've found that the totally distraction-free interface is ideal for that particular purpose. I've not used it for anything else so far--mos of the projects I'm involved with right now involve a good bit of formatting as well as text manipulation, so I need the rest of the tools that a full WP program offers. I just started using DarkRoom this week, using it to transcribe an interview, and I’ve found that the totally distraction-free interface is ideal for that particular purpose. I’ve not used it for anything else so far–mos of the projects I’m involved with right now involve a good bit of formatting as well as text manipulation, so I need the rest of the tools that a full WP program offers.

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