WriteRoom

Rob Pegoraro had a column in the Washington Post today about a word processor called WriteRoom, which behaves like an old DOS-based program with no editing functions whatsoever.  Apparentley, there are a number writers out there who find modern software distracting, leading them to this spare typrewriter-like tool.  It even looks old - green text on black. I can relate to the frustration with MS Word and other applications, but unless WriteRoom cuts off your internet connection, distractions are still out there.  Writers shouldn't blame their software for making them lazy, or distracted, if they are taking what they write seriously.