[dberst]

I'm not a professional writer, but as someone with severe ADHD I have battled frequently with my own version of "writer's block". When I'm stuck in this way sometimes small things can make a tremendous difference (positive or negative) in my productivity.

I guess what it comes down to is distractibility. This app seems focused on reducing the distraction of perfectionism: the thoughts of possible improvements to the structure of the current paragraph or feelings that a sentence could've come out better. For me, and I expect for some writers, this type of second guessing may take up a significant amount of the time I've allocated to sit down and write. Especially if there's a lot of external pressure for my work to be of a certain quality, correctness, or completeness.

So while I don't personally use a tool like this, I can see how reducing distractions could raise productivity. And if it I were my livelihood, then even a 20-30% raise in productivity could be well worth installing and learning to use a dedicated piece of software.

[joemi]

Thanks for sharing this. I know different people think differently, but I hadn't even considered ADHD.