Restrictions can be surprisingly helpful! And because your fingers soon start to hurt when typing, that pushes you to find a good twist to successfully end a poorly written sentence. There’s not much else you can do with a mechanical typewriter other than think about what words you want to form next. Yet just as when we speak, we write much better when we think before and while we express ourselves.Īs a student, I bought a typewriter to see if it could help me focus while writing – and it did. ![]() The time spent thinking before and while writing was frighteningly low. Most started by adjusting fonts and margins, typed a bit, deleted a bit, moved text around, and got caught in a loop of fumbling. I noticed students wasted too much time on formatting and playing with non-writing-related functions – and that I was no different. Oliver: I used to teach Microsoft Office and academic writing. We speak to iA founder Oliver Reichenstein about what it takes to make a revolutionary writing app – and make sure its shine never fades. ![]() The latest iA Writer – still sleek and efficient! Q&A: A brief history of iA Writer
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