Writing in flow is hard enough without facing temptations of email, Twitter, FaceBook, World of Warcraft, or any other shiny online object. To get your mind fully into the game of writing, you can shed these distractions by using a minimalist text editor.
Essentially, these kinds of text editors strip away all of the distractions on your desktop by making them temporarily invisible. When you fire up one of these programs, it’s just you and the words on the screen. There are minimal formatting options also, so you won’t get lost …